{"id":60,"date":"2009-08-07T15:38:16","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T15:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/?p=60"},"modified":"2010-07-20T11:17:24","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T10:17:24","slug":"barefoot-run-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningtrainingplan.com\/runningpress\/barefoot-run-3\/","title":{"rendered":"5th August \u2014 Barefoot run 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a time trial of just under 5 miles on the Tuesday, the feet felt ready for another barefoot run.<\/p>\n

The main exercise of the the day was 50 mins on the bike to the nearest all-weather running track.
\nI’ve run regularly on this track before but it was only when I ventured on it with no shoes that I realised how abrasive and coarse the surface. I only managed a mile before the hot-spots returned. The last 400m was run at a pace I often run my 400m reps in (1.30). This seemed to warm the feet up even quicker and I’m glad I didn’t do another lap barefoot.<\/p>\n

I am surprised that the feet are still getting sore so quickly. I think there must be some sort of twisting action whilst my feet are in contact with the ground which I can hopefully address as I progress.<\/p>\n

I took the opportunity to try out my new cheaper-than-cheap running shoes; the aqua shoes bought from Tesco a few days ago. I kept the slightly cushioned insoles in the shoes and ran another mile. They felt pretty good, my feet didn’t slide about in them as much as I thought they might. I bought the size 8 (my usual shoe size is 8.5-9), and there’s plenty of room in them — I could probably get away with 7, but will learn more when I’ve run slightly further in them. Here’s a picture that shows just how flexible they are.<\/p>\n

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Cheap running shoes from Tesco supermarket -- \u00a35<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They are quite stylish, don’t you think?<\/p>\n

I’m not sure the other guy at the track could work me out; first running barefoot and then putting these things on.<\/p>\n

The red tint on the soles is from the all-weather track.
\nI think that these shoes will be very useful in helping to keep the blisters to a minimum, whilst still offering many of the attributes of barefoot running. They will also be handy when running over slightly more ‘testing’ ground.<\/p>\n

By the end of that short session my feet were pretty sore again and some rudimentary surgery was needed on the blisters (again!).<\/p>\n

On each of the occasions that I’ve run barefoot the feet have actually ended up much more sore than I thought they would whilst I was running. So my advice is: as soon as the feet feel sore, it’s probably time to stop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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