Slightly damper run today – more in touch with the environment beneath my feet.
Oh dear, the beach shoes are slowly giving up.
What is more worrying is that they’re wearing out in the heels first – so much for all the forefoot running!
Happy New Year
I trust you all had a good time over Christmas and New Year.
Obviously the snow kept the barefoot running down to zero as I wasn’t prepared to pull a ligament on the ice, even in aqua shoes.
As you can see from above they’re beginning to take a bashing, so I’m not sure how long they will last, but they are doing the job.
I’ve been out twice in them recently and run around
The surprising Nike Free 3
I’ve never used Nike shoes, I’ve nothing against them just never actually liked a pair enough to buy some. Over the years, I’ve never even been that interested in Nike shoes. Then a while ago along came the Nike Free trainers. Could Nike be jumping on to the barefoot supporters bandwagon? Hedging their bets in case the movement really took off? Or were they really worth looking
Turning a Corner
Well, it’s no surprise that the soles of my feet have not been in intimate contact with Bristol’s cobbled streets of late. The freezing weather, and my aversion to clinging grit, means I’ve been out in the aqua shoes four times now.
I’ve also run my furthest distance barefoot to date – 4.5 miles – not bad after 6 months. It finally feels now like I can
injury lingers
after a weeks rest following a pain developing in my right foot around the metatarsal area I felt fine and went for a 10 miles easy run in my VFF’s. I kept to 9 min miles and was enjoying myself until mile 8 when the pain returned. Im pretty convinced that the barefoot running isnt the cause of this injury as its only in one foot and I’ve had this in the past whilst wearing trainers.
They’re Here!
I had ordered some Aqua Shoes from E-Bay a couple of weeks ago but they ended up being the wrong size in the bag – so finally the new ones are here.
They cost me £6.99 including p&p, so I was expecting them to live up to my very high expectations in protecting me from the cold while maintaining the barefoot experience as much as possible.
And they did! And I was very surprised.
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