Washington DC was hit with 30+ inches of snow last weekend, but after 3 days of being couped up inside worrying about my injured legs and drink many liquids not meant for the body, I decided to brave the Monday sun and attempt a run. Where I live, the grounds keepers do an excellent job of shoveling and clearing the sidewalks and with just enough sun shine I decided to put my feet on the frozen
Week 4: ITBS is back…OH NO!!!
I’ve gone from Feast to Famine in the matter of 48 hours. After my breakthrough last week, I feel that my concentration has really fallen off. This Monday, I went out for a 1.25 mile run and right around the 1 mile mark I began to feel my old antagonist ITBS creeping back into my left knee area.
Now don’t take me for an idiot. I knew when switching last month to Barefoot running that
Barefoot running in the national press again
The UK newspaper, the Daily Express published an article about barefoot running today. In some ways it was quite comical: the writer starts off by saying, “My first barefoot run is on a freezing cold winter’s day along the icy path that cuts its way through a south London
Week 3: Ouches to Oooohs
3 more runs this week. .89, 1, and 1.13 miles. 2 miles total all Barefoot.
This week was full of ouches and tip toeing around debris everywhere in the road. I was a little upset with my performance in the first 2 runs, but had a “break out” run on Friday that had to be celebrated with 1 or 7 beers that night at a local watering hole.
It only took that 13 minutes to convince
Week 2: Progressing
2.63 Miles in 3 runs. I am following a pretty strict plan of increasing by 1/8th of a mile every run and added .75 miles of VFF’s to my last run because of how cold it was. This week was even colder than last week. I am not quite outside long enough to get frozen but it’s not very comfortable. I feel like I am having a bit of a problem working on my form because I am so uncomfortable and
Week 1: So Far So Good
Wet, Cold, Rocky, Wierd…but my legs feel great!!! 3 runs down, .75 miles covered. I can say that so far that these small distances are just what the doctor ordered. I am not quite sure if anything has been “cured” since my 3 weeks off and now beginning Barefoot, but I haven’t had any of the usual pain. I guess that’s good for any distance at the moment.
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