Started my transition, whilst training for a half marathon, so was still running the bulk of my miles in Saucony Hurricanes (a stability shoe that I did NOT need).<\/p>\n
Week 1: total barefoot miles, 1\/4mi on the treadmill in socks (2 runs)
\nFirst run 1\/8th of a mile on the treadmill :I was over the moon thrilled at how wonderful it felt on my feet to run without shoes. Fantastic little run
\nSecond run: 1\/8th of a mile<\/p>\n
Week 2: 1\/2mi socks on treadmill, at the gym so not braving breaking rules by not wearing anything on feet. Still getting shoeless feel. Form still feeling a little unnatural, forced fore\/midfoot. Stiff sore calves<\/p>\n
Week 3: No barefoot miles, race week.<\/p>\n
Purchased Adizero PR racing flats, started wearing them immediately. Drastically reduced weekly mileage to around 10mpw.<\/p>\n
Week 4: 1.5mi sock run on treadmill, still too cold to venture outside barefoot. Longest barefoot run thus far. Rest of the runs were in Adizero, still feeling a little forced onto the forefoot.<\/p>\n
Week 5: First outdoor run, totally barefoot. It was freezing but I managed to squeak out 3\/4mi. The bike path I run on usually is very rough, so I’ll admit I thought…oh boy, what am I getting myself into with this?<\/p>\n
Week6: 4.5mi barefoot (nice enough out side…broken up into 2 runs), 4.5mi in adizero racing flats<\/p>\n
Week7: Really increased weekly barefoot mileage. 11mi barefoot total for the week, 12mi in adizero. Had a fantastic 3.25mi run early that week pushing jogging stroller. Another run two days later on same terrain and it was horrible. Hurt! Had a huge epiphany that day and learned to really take it slow while transitioning feet and upping mileage on that particular surface.<\/p>\n
Week8 (week ending March 27): weekly mileage 19, 12mi barefoot, 7mi adizero<\/p>\n
Monday 2mi sock run on the treadmill
\nTuesday 4mi barefoot run pushing jogging stroller
\nThursday: 4mi adizero run
\nSaturday: ..9mi long run, 6mi barefoot (had to throw socks on for 1.5mi of it…path was really rough there), 3mi in adizero<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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