Total miles: 18 miles, hilly, tarmac and pavement, dry and rainy
Barefoot miles: 0
4th Barefoot Run – The Downs, part 2
Back to slapping around The Downs. This week I’m being more sensible – I’m running around only one half of The Downs and only half of that fully barefoot. I start in my Vivos and then half way around take them off. It’s rained this morning and the wet grass and tarmac feel lovely. Again, it feels like my thighs are doing a lot more work than normal.
As I approach the end I
11th September — Barefoot Run 15
Lately I’ve been conscious of a little stagnation with my barefoot running. I set myself a rough limit to my barefoot running to ensure I didn’t to too much too soon (TMTS). That limit was 5%, and recently I’ve been thinking that I could extend that a little; maybe to 10%.
Today’s run was a short run back home from the office. Like the last time I
The first barefoot run — 25th July
This was my first run barefoot on a tarmac road.
It’s a country lane with quite a smooth surface, although fairly coarse in places — no loose stones or gravel. The run was just short of 2 miles long, out and back. I’d recommend any new barefooters to run out and back so that they are not forced to complete a circuit on sore feet.
This run was flat to