{"id":1767,"date":"2010-11-09T15:27:58","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T15:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2010-11-09T15:27:58","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T15:27:58","slug":"sockprints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/sockprints\/","title":{"rendered":"Sockprints"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I wanted to go for a longish run at lunchtime today – the weather was blowing, it had been raining but it was a good day for running. \u00a0I got all my dry kit together, drove into work, the realise I left my shoes at home. \u00a0So much for the long run.<\/p>\n

Then I realised I could just go barefoot around the harbour and that would be fine. \u00a0Except it was wet again and I didn’t want to do the grit thing and I still don’t have any aqua shoes, since a disappointing visit to the chandlery yesterday. \u00a0I was also slightly nervous of the reaction of people faced with my less than bulky legs clad in skin-tight black Lycra dramatically contrasting with my flipper-like, oversized feet which have the colour and texture of a dead Beluga Whale.<\/p>\n

As I’m still only going short distances barefoot I could get away with normal track suit bottoms and it dawned on me that the more ‘normal’ I look in my upperwear the less likely they are to notice or care about what’s on my feet. \u00a0Even so, the unnaturally pale paddles extending from my ankles looked very noticeable sticking out from the bottom of my joggers. Socks!<\/p>\n

I’m not sure how long they are going to last, but I donned my running socks again, and because of their sombre shade I looked relatively normal. \u00a0Very few people noticed I was running around in socks, much fewer than would have done if I were truly barefoot. \u00a0It also solves the grit adherence problem and gives a little insulation yet still allows me to feel almost every texture and temperature and all the moisture.<\/p>\n

In fact the best thing about it was passing by unnoticed, presumably normally shod, yet leaving a line of bare footprints in my wake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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