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. I find that treadmills seem to blister my soles even more than asphalt – think it’s the heat of the belt, so I kept them fairly short and extended one a little bit by putting my VFFs on for 10 mins or so. I tried to stop just before blisters actually develop, and think that I’ve managed to hit that sweet spot – feet felt a little tingly but seemed fine the next day.. Hopefully this will help my soles cope with tarmac when it’s more reasonable out there.
Other than a fairly unimpressive weekly distance, I’ve put my money where my mouth is and entered Windsor half marathon. It’s not ‘til October, so I should have loads of time. The course is 100% tarmac, and being in Windsor Great Park should mean there is little by way of debris to worry about – if i can get through the training on the streets of London it should be a walk in the park..
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