I am adjusting my ‘weeks’ so that they run a more normal Sunday to Monday. Stay tuned on Sunday.
Week 4
Distance: 41.25
Sessions: 3
BF Sessions: 1
BF Miles: .5
Terrain: Road, gravel, bike path
BF Surface: Bike Path during heavy rain.
Runs in VFF:3
BF Weather: About 55 degrees, very wet and rainy
Feet Condition: Just fine
Comments: I only got three runs in this week. One was a 20 miler in town, the other was a 6 miler that I did during a rain storm. I fit in only half a mile on the bike path during this run.
Unusual running injuries
In an effort to clear up my Achilles tendon issue I’ve now operated on my shoes once again.
I did this a while ago as detailed on an earlier post . This time, I’ve cut down the heel tabs on two pairs of road shoes that I rotate. I
Week 5
Started out this week with a night long slow run on Sunday. I decided that I would try for 9 miles in my barefeet even though I did not feel that well (had a festive evening the night before). I went out at a nice 9:30 to 10:00 min per mile pace and generally had very few issues. I got my first heckler (well, maybe not a heckler, was just some girl leaning out of a car to yell ‘I like your
Finishing out week 4
So for the remainder of Week 4 I did my standard 3-5 miles barefoot each day (other than Friday which is a rest day). Saturday morning was a track workout and I decided that I would run in my VFFs since we would be doing speed work. No major issues at all for Week 4 and running in VFFs went well. I was able to hang with the 20 200s and we fnished up with about a mile of pure barefoot work (cool
Week 13 w/e 5/1/2010 total miles: 20miles
Sunday: Starting the week off with a 5mi evening barefoot run. New route, well old route, but newly barefooted route. Good one! Definitely run it again. Feet felt great during and after the run. Find I run on the painted road lines whenever possible, love the way that feels!
Monday: 2.5mi socks on treadmill before belly dance. Fast run 7.0-7.6mph increasing speed every mile or so.
Wednesday: 12.5mi