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Distance: 41.25
Sessions: 3
BF Sessions: 1
BF Miles: .5
Terrain: Road, gravel, bike path
BF Surface: Bike Path during heavy rain.
Runs in VFF:3
BF Weather: About 55 degrees, very wet and rainy
Feet Condition: Just fine
Comments: I only got three runs in this week. One was a 20 miler in town, the other was a 6 miler that I did during a rain storm. I fit in only half a mile on the bike path during this run. read more
Distance: 43.5
Sessions: 4
BF Sessions: 1
BF Miles: 2
Terrain: Road
BF Surface: Pavement out of town, clean road
Runs in VFF:4
BF Weather: Clear, dry
Feet Condition: A couple healing blisters from the VFF, no pain while running.
Comments: I encountered some barriers to barefoot running this week. My Monday run started at about 10 or 11. I had a headlamp with me and was running out of town but did not want read more
Distance: 38
Sessions: 4
BF Sessions: 1
BF Miles: 5
Terrain: Road
BF Surface: Pavement out of town, clean road
Runs in VFF: 4
BF Weather: Clear, dry
Feet Condition: Some blisters, from VFF. No pain though.
Comments: When I did a couple barefoot miles last week I noticed two things right away. First, I had a huge smile on my face. It was actually a lot of fun. There was no pain from running barefoot.The second read more
Well that toe issue I posted about is gone in the Vibrams. It really hurt walking the half mile to class and half mile back. Super annoying. But I got back home, popped, drained, and cleaned the blister again. After that it was totally fine. As predicted, the Vibrams were perfect for running in them. Unlike BF, when my toes are touching more and that one toe is slightly under the adjacent one, the read more
My fourth toe on the right side that was bothering me during the BF run a couple days ago has a pretty good blister on it that I had to pop. It’s bothering me during walking a bit since the bottom of the toe is a bit under the one next to it, so it’s getting pressed on each time I step.
I think it will be ok in Vibrams though, since the shoe separates the toes so it will not be read more
Distance: 33.5
Sessions: 4
BF Sessions: 1
BF Miles: 2
Terrain: Road
BF Surface: Pavement out of town, clean road
Runs in VFF: 4
BF Weather: Clear, dry
Feet Condition: Some blisters, from VFF. No pain though.
Comments: Now that I have began running more outside, I have had three people ask me about the VFF/BF running just this week who have seen me out on the roads.
Nasting Things: The two miles I did were read more