This 2 weeks has seen 2 barefoot runs, both as part of longer runs in shoes, and also a reasonable amount of barefoot ‘training’.<\/p>\n
The first run was pushing the distance a bit for me at the moment; a total of 2.2 miles on some quite prickly roads. Two sections were run barefoot: 1.7m shortly after starting then again half a mile to finish my 7 mile run.<\/p>\n
The day after I was walking along a lovely beach at the foot of the Firehills near Hastings. A mixture of sand, pebbles, shingle and rock meant that my poor old feet were a bit mashed at the end of it. Hopefully it won’t be long before they have the kind of resilience they had at the end of the summer last year.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, they were not too bad for a half marathon next day.
\nSurprisingly, I ran my quickest half marathon for a couple of years.
\nAlso surprising was a blister on each foot, where the ball joins the big toe. Old shoes and a new blister position for me. All I can think is that the recent return to barefoot running has got me up on to my toes a little more, especially when pressing on, as I was during the second half of the race.<\/p>\n
The day after the half marathon I ran another half mile barefoot at the end of an easy 6 miler.<\/p>\n
The Achilles is still a worry and the half marathon possibly aggravated that a little.<\/p>\n
Total mileage for the 2 weeks: 92 miles
\nBarefoot: 2.7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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