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• Total weekly miles

 3.5 miles.

• Number of running sessions

2.

• Total weekly barefoot mile

2 miles.

• Number of barefoot running sessions

1.

• Running terrain

First run was in my RunAmocs, I’m starting to get back to the sort of distances where I can run the routes I used to run in my trainers.  So this one was pretty flat, one steep hill, on a mixture of pavement and grass.  Second run was along a beach barefoot, so that was flat.

• Ground surface of barefoot runs

A mixture of pavement and grass/mud for the first run and a sandy beach for the second.

• Runs in minimalist shoes, e.g. Five Fingers.

One read more

• Total weekly miles

 3.75 miles.

• Number of running sessions

3.

• Total weekly barefoot mile

3.75 miles.

• Number of barefoot running sessions

3.

• Running terrain

Mostly flat circuit outside my house on pavement.  Now the distances are increasing a bit more, it’s becoming impossible to find a flat circuit.  So an element of (gentle!) hill training is creeping in!

• Ground surface of barefoot runs

A mix of smooth and rough pavement and road.

• Runs in minimalist shoes, e.g. Five Fingers.

None.

• Weather for barefoot runs (rain on road?)

Two chilly and wet, one cold and dry.

• Condition of skin on feet — hotspots, blisters

Good.  Some numbness again on the cold, wet runs, but again the toes read more