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In Oxford for the weekend with a long run scheduled for the Sunday. Picked a route on the way home involving 5 laps of Dorney Lake, the Olympic rowing venue for 2012. No barefoot running over the past few days to give the Achilles a chance to rest. I am quite sure now that it’s not pressure from heel tab, but strain that has caused the problem.
The 18 mile run around Dorney Lake was done in read more
Took shoes off for the the last 4 miles of a 6 mile run back from work. It was hard though producing visible signs of stress on one foot with a blood blister. I think the feet have softened a bit due to recent lack of barefoot running. Achilles tendon is still slightly tender and has a small bump about one inch above the top of the foot bone.
A couple of gentle runs after Sunday’s long one.
The first one on the Monday started over the fields then on to the road for 2.8 miles barefoot, 5 miles total.
Tuesday 29th was just a 2 mile barefoot run from home. This was almost exactly the same as my first barefoot run just over 9 weeks ago. Then I finished with very sore feet indeed, and deep blisters on both feet. Today was no problem at read more
Barefoot run 18
Yesterday was another longish run of 13 miles on the road. I decided to run the last mile without shoes, but I got a nasty surprise. The road surface looked pretty rough, no loose stuff, but I know it was resurfaced not long ago with quite chunky aggregate. After taking off the shoes I found I could hardly run on it at all, just too painful; even walking was very uncomfortable. I read more
I remember doing this some years ago when I had an Achilles problem. Then it was quite bad: extremely tender, slightly swollen (adding to the pressure), highly audible crepitus when moving the foot or touching affected area.
Back then it was the fault of that pointless running shoe feature: the heel tab. I cut the tabs in all my shoes, even a pair that were fresh out of the box.
This time it’s read more
Just a short excursion on the road. Out and back for a total of about 4.5 miles.
The final half mile done barefoot; this road is slightly more prickly than my usual one, but the distance presented no difficulty.
I have noticed a very slight tenderness on my right Achilles tendon. It seems to be pressure inflicted rather than a strain, because it is only apparent when prodding it and not when running read more