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Monday saw us running our hash from Coxley near Wells. It was a beautiful evening and a nice undulating route and I felt good and strong but by Wednesday I had come down with a streaming cold so I ended up not running again until Sunday and missed out on barefoot running completely.
I was running again on Sunday but we had to recce our routes for next weekend’s Uphill to Wells Relay. Basically
This Bank Holiday weekend presents the last chance for a long training run before the Bristol Half Marathon, so it’s back out on the Mendip Way on the 12 mile return run to Wells again. A nice day, not hot but bright and great views.
I realised in the week that my barefoot runs on The Downs are now up to a mile long so I decided to do the last mile of this run without shoes, starting at
Today was our turn to be the ‘Hares’ and lay a hash for our cross-country club, The Mendip Hills Hash House Harriers. We chose the Warwick Arms in Clutton on the advice of a friend then set about trying to find a good circular route that hadn’t already been done. The problem was that there were large sections of straight path where very few other paths came off them.
When you’re hashing
So it’s been just over two weeks since I last went for a run and I’m back in the UK, and more importantly back in Somerset. My left knee is definitely improved on the range of its flexion, especially when I am sitting on my knees but I feel that there is still a niggle lurking in there: a soreness, an instability. It’s still not 100%.
I’m itching to go for a run and tonight’s hash
A busy week this week, so in the end I didn’t manage to fit in a Park and Stride or a second barefoot run. So, this morning we ran along the Mendip Way to Wells and back with Millie, our dog – about 13 miles all round. Very tired at the end, which shows how quickly you can lose your fitness, or else I was trying too hard in places.
We stopped in Wells for Millie to get a drink and
Weekly Summary – Week 1
Total distance about 25 miles, over 4 runs, mainly off-road, hard grass, stone paths, trails, some pavements, mainly sunny and dry
2 miles barefoot, 1 run, grass, gritty paths (hardest surface to run on), pavement and cobbles, sunny and dry, sore pads but no blisters
3 miles in Vivo Barefoot minimal shoes, 1 run on pavements, tender pads
The day after my first barefoot
