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First things first — the colour. Normally, I can’t wait to run through muddy puddles in new shoes, but for some reason with these I’ve been a little reluctant to initiate them in the usual way. They look bright in the picture, but that’s nothing to how they look fresh out of the box; you just know you’ll have to be running faster in them.
Anyway on to more serious aspects.
Yes, I know the focus here is on barefoot running, but I do still run most of my miles in shoes.
Regular readers should know that I do not make frequent shoe purchases; the last pair of ‘normal’ road shoes I bough was well over 2 years ago. However, I did have the need for some new shoes for the upcoming cross country season and also I need some more shoes for my road running.
I am certainly
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
A fun filled day today, starting with a gentle hilly jog to work of 7.6 miles. No barefooting, but lots of thinking about it. Mainly how much I was beginning to dislike running in clumpy road shoes.
I was thinking that I would quite fancy some road shoes similar to my Inov8s; they are just the sort of minimalist shoe I could do with for the longer distances on the road. Low and behold, when I get
Saturday was a gentle road run in the Filas of about 6 miles, running the last hill back to home barefoot (the hill as about 400m long).
Feet were still a bit sore from the old blisters.
On the Sunday a longer excursion off-road on the South Downs. About 15 miles in a steady 2hrs20. This route included quite a few very steep hills over the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head.
I was wearing new Inov8 Roclite
12.5 miles hilly off road run on grass mainly (short road section), wearing Inov8 Terroc shoes.
These shoes are not very cushioned and have a low heel with no real stability — very comfortable and well worn-in. They took me up and down the Snowdon Mountain Race two weeks ago without drama.
For the past few days I’ve been reading about Vibram Five Fingers. Can’t justify the cost over