Between these entries I have been running with shoes and vibrams as well as cross training. The eventual goal being to run without shoes exclusively. Here are all my barefoot runs to date and any complications due to them.
Sept 19th - Ran one mile on chip seal pavement. Ran one mile on grass. Bottom of feet were very sensitive and I had trouble relaxing my legs. No ill effects the next day.
Sept 23rd - 2 miles on chip seal / concrete sidewalk. No ill effects.
Sept 26th - 3 miles on chip seal. No ill effects
Sept 30th - 5 miles on chip seal. Raining very hard. Initially the wet ground made my feet more sensitive but it had no extra effects. Ran across a stretch of crushed acorns that were fairly painful. Left ankle very stiff after run. I am beginning to notice the more I relax the more my body gets looser during and after the run. My hips and lower back have loosened a great deal which is allowing my feet to strike midfoot with less concentration. Feet definitely sore the next day and some of the acorns cut up my feet.
Oct 3rd - Ran 6 miles. On concrete sidewalks and chip seal. It was along the ocean so there was many pebbles and much sand spread over the route. Feet had some hot spots at the end but no ill effects the next day.
Oct 6th - Ran 1 fast barefoot mile and several after with my Vibram's. Just wanted to see what the increased pace would feel like / do to me. Faster was a lot harder to stay in proper form/relax. Think I need more time to strengthen my feet and ankles before I can run at faster paces. Feet a little sore the next day but No blistering.
Oct 7th - Attempted 6 miles barefoot on chip seal and concrete sidewalks. My feet were tender at the start due to yesterday's experiment. Had to stop at 4 miles and walk 2 miles home. Bad day. Very sore despite attempting to relax. Chalk it up to too much two days in a row. No blisters the next day but feet fairly sore, particularly my left foot. My hips have loosened to the point that the are swiveling front to back now which is allowing my left foot to land less on the outside of my soul and more evenly. So I think these new areas seem tender because they have not been used in a verrrry long time.
Well, there it is - my first couple weeks. I plan on taking a break (barefoot) until Oct 12th when I am going to barefoot my first 5K.
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saw your post at barefoot Rick's group. Welcome.
give your foot muscles time to build up and catch up to your leg muscles. do a week of one milers. the next week do two milers. build up that way and focus on your form. i have to do this every spring since i don't run very much in the winter.
God is good
jpu
Nice going. I'm in the process of getting back into running, and doing it barefoot at the same time too (my progress so far - all one week of it). I'm taking a much slower approach as I'm sh*t scared of injuring myself AGAIN (tho it would be the first time barefoot). I've also not done any serious running for nearly 10 years now, so "slowly does it" is my motto.
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