Well, that was good fun!\u00a0 Ran the Bristol 10k this morning with a time of 51 mins 11 secs\u00a0in my Luna sandals.\u00a0 That’s actually my best time since I set my PB about 5 years ago of 48mins something.\u00a0 What makes me feel even better about it was that this came off a 6 week training plan, which I started 2 weeks after almost 3 months off training after my achilles injury.<\/p>\n
I decided on my Lunas in an effort to keep my feet cool and dry to stave off the blisters, and it’s worked perfectly.\u00a0 I got a few funny looks on the way to the start line, but I was in the starting pen with a few people in fancy dress and a guy in a running kilt, so I got a bit less attention then!\u00a0 I took it very easy over the first 3k, I was aiming for any time under 1 hour, but I felt good after 3k so I picked up the pace a bit under the bridge heading up to Portway.\u00a0 At the turnaround it was mostly downhill back into town, so I kept my cadence up and let gravity pull me down the hill.\u00a0 That’s a really useful trick, by the way, it helps you rest while keeping the speed up.<\/p>\n
Around Spike Island, I kept a decent pace, I knew\u00a0I was on for at least a 55min run at that point, and at about 7km I decided to pick up the pace some more.\u00a0 Someone actually ran alongside me for a bit there and asked about my sandals, I only had the breath and the time to say how comfortable they were before he said something along the lines of keep it up, you’re looking good, and disappeared off into the distance!\u00a0 The final 1k or so felt really comfortable, I was able to stretch out and even had enough for a sprint finish at the end.\u00a0 I felt like I could have pushed harder, but like I said a couple of weeks ago, it wasn’t my intention to race it today, just use it as a chance to see how I felt.<\/p>\n
My Lunas performed admirably.\u00a0 I was worried at first, because I’d been having problems with getting the heel strap to stay on, but I managed to get the tension just right so it stayed on for the whole 10k, plus the walk down there and the walk home.\u00a0 They were very comfortable, I have no more blisters, no bruising on the soles, nothing.\u00a0 All in all, I’m very happy with how it went today!<\/p>\n
11.5 miles including the race.<\/p>\n
3.<\/p>\n
0 miles.<\/p>\n
0.<\/p>\n
Mostly flat, on a mixture of pavement and road.<\/p>\n
N\/A.<\/p>\n
Lunas for the race, RunAmocs and Moc3s on the shorter runs, as I was trying to find a shoe that wouldn’t aggravate my existing blisters, or give me any more!<\/p>\n
N\/A.<\/p>\n
No problems this week.\u00a0 I took a couple of days completely off training as a small taper running up to the 10k, this let my blisters heal up.\u00a0 I’ve no extra problems from wearing my Lunas, no blisters between my toes or anything, which was something I was worried about.\u00a0 Flip flops always gave me blisters initially when I wore them before, but no such problems with the soft leather laces on my Lunas.<\/p>\n
Some funny looks at the start of the race, as mentioned above.\u00a0 I bumped into some friends after the race as well, they couldn’t believe I ran in sandals.<\/p>\n
No problems this week.<\/p>\n
No chnages really.\u00a0 But I was happy to see that I can run fast and still keep (I think!)\u00a0fairly good form at the end of the race.<\/p>\n
None.\u00a0 I think my calves will hurt tomorrow though!<\/p>\n
None this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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