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My last post and back to the Bristol Half Marathon. Come 2011 I ran it in my Evo II minimalist shoes. I ran a minute slower than 2010 but came 100 places higher up the field – so a great result.
However, my calves were incredibly stiff for the three days following the race. This is the one area where I find barefoot or minimalist running has a detrimental affect on my body – road running.
It’s been six months since my last post now but I’m still an aspiring barefoot runner, if not blogger. Perhaps that should be a committed minimalist runner, which, for me, seems more practical in the UK. To get up to speed and with the benefit of hindsight I’m going to reflect on the year between the Bristol Half Marathons of autumn 2010 and 2011 in four short posts.
In 2010 I ran
Sunday was wet and breezy and that was great. 11,600 people ran and 900 lost their timing chips in the rain – including a friend of ours and he finished in 1:28, so I hope they can give him an official time from the photographs crossing the line.
How did I do? Well I survived and with no injuries at all. 13 miles on hard roads and cobbles in off road shoes and it was the fastest
Today is my last training session before the Bristol Half, so I decided to run the same intervals sessions around The Downs to build up my speed – a little late, I know.
I don’t know what it is but I am so much more comfortable with distance than speed – I seldom feel that I can really push myself into really going any faster. I’m probably just not putting the training in.
I’m training (supposed to be training) for the Bristol Half Marathon, and as I’ve just had two weeks with no running I need to work on my speed, so it’s time for some of the dreaded intervals on The Downs.
The good news is that I don’t have any blisters or soreness from the barefoot run yesterday at all and no Achilles tendon tension in the morning. This seems like progress.
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