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Total distance about 8.5 miles, over 2 runs, mainly off-road, hard grass footpaths, trails, some pavements, mainly sunny and dry
3.5 miles barefoot, 1 run, grass and pavements, sunny and dry, sore pads, limp and first big blisters.
Start slowly, for your own sake!
The blister from my 2nd barefoot run seems like it’s no longer filled with fluid and it might reattach – at least I’m not limping anymore.
I had a little achilles tendon tension very first thing on the day after but luckily that soon went. The same is true of a little tightness in the ankles.
But today is our first day at Glastonbury – great weather, very sunny, very dusty.
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Hands up, I admit it, I ignored the warnings and was far too ambitious.
I thought I would run half my normal distance around The Downs but felt fine, so carried on for more than three miles. Around two miles in I could feel padding on my left foot that shouldn’t be there – a certain fluidity on the pad beneath the toes. It was the beginnings of a very big blister and soon was accompanied
Weekly Summary – Week 1
Total distance about 25 miles, over 4 runs, mainly off-road, hard grass, stone paths, trails, some pavements, mainly sunny and dry
2 miles barefoot, 1 run, grass, gritty paths (hardest surface to run on), pavement and cobbles, sunny and dry, sore pads but no blisters
3 miles in Vivo Barefoot minimal shoes, 1 run on pavements, tender pads
The day after my first barefoot
It’s a lovely sunny day and I’m working in the city centre so I decided to go down to Queen’s Square for my first barefoot run, and I’m very pleased I did.
There’s a whole range of terrain in this one square: grass, gritty paths, cobbles and smooth pavements. I started with walking (after I hid my shoes under a portaloo set up for the World Cup giant screen), and it took about ten
Five years ago, when I was looking for new ways to keep my legs and joints healthy I bought some Vivo Barefoot shoes (I told you I was faddish). If you haven’t come across them they are completely unpadded shoes, with very thin soles which although puncture resistant offer no cushioning at all, so you can feel every bump in the pavement. The idea is to give you a completely natural
