mid-pack Matt

Total distance:  8km (treadmill)

Distance Barefoot: 6km (treadmill)

 After a week skiing (not a very barefoot friendly activity), I was back on it this week.  The relative rest gave my calf strain time to recover and now feels absolutely fine, but the cold weather seemed to follow me home and it’s been a bit cold and snowy this week.  So far I’ve managed a couple of barefoot runs on the treadmill.  read more

Week 3 – 15th – 21st January

Total distance: 15km

Barefoot distance: 800m

Outlook: positive, although developed a bit of a pain in right calf.

It was cold last week.  Went out early on Sunday morning after a freezing night, it was beautifully clear and the common was covered in frost.  The ground was frozen and the patches of mud that are usually slippery in smooth soled minimalist read more

I don’t like resolutions.  They’re all a bit set up to make you feel bad if you fail.  Ambitions are much more positive because when (if?) you realise them you feel great.  My running ambition for this year is to run a half marathon barefoot.  A few years ago my ambition was to run a marathon and I thought that the more people I told about it, the less likely I was to back out of read more