Thursday, January 03, 2008
The Nike Free and Barefoot Experiment
As part of my training this winter I'm trying to do regular runs in my Nike Frees (v5) and once the snow melts, go truly barefoot too.
So far I've done a few short (2 miles and 2.25 miles) in the Frees and other than a slight feel of 'working' some un-used muscles I feel great. I'm on my second pair of Frees, the first pair saw some runs, but nothing consistent or for any great distance. I broke the second pair in while doddling around Vegas for the weekend of the marathon and have now made them part of the regular shoe rotation.
From everything I've read, a guy with feet like mine has nothing to lose and everything to gain from this approach. We'll see how everything goes.
D.
So far I've done a few short (2 miles and 2.25 miles) in the Frees and other than a slight feel of 'working' some un-used muscles I feel great. I'm on my second pair of Frees, the first pair saw some runs, but nothing consistent or for any great distance. I broke the second pair in while doddling around Vegas for the weekend of the marathon and have now made them part of the regular shoe rotation.
From everything I've read, a guy with feet like mine has nothing to lose and everything to gain from this approach. We'll see how everything goes.
D.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
2008 has began!
As has been my tradition for the last 5 years, I did a run today of at least 10 miles; a great way to start the new year. Natalie snapped a quick shot of me when I got home looking all frosty! It was about -29 celcius with the wind chill, so it was pretty damn cold.
Once again, in the tradition of new year's resolutions, I'm going to try and keep this blog more up to date. It's been a while since I've regularly updated, but I guess I've had not much to say? Since the Blackfoot I've done a 10 miler, a couple half marathons, two marathons (setting a new PB by nearly six minutes!) and tackled the Mantario Marathon - a two day trail run that was a total blast; albeit a painful one as I ended up with infected blisters :-( Those blisters also killed my running streak, I had ran 48 days straight for at least 30 minutes (included two half marathons in there), but the blisters made it nearly impossible to walk, let alone run.
2008 will see me tackle the 100 mile distance! The plan is to do at least two, if not three races of this distance this year.
That's it for now,
D.
