First, let's back up to last night, I wound up taking a second rest day due to my getting home and it being a bit too dark to be running solo. Not to mention I was so exhausted that I wound up dozing off 15 minutes into a great Anthony Bourdain episode, so I called it a night by 10pm. I committed myself to waking up at 6 to pound the pavement, and was actually out the door by 6:30. After a brief walk warm-up I started a nice and easy jog focusing on form, where my foot was landing, how I was kicking back, all the things that you're supposed to do when running barefoot or barefoot like. I was so shocked when I checked my run tracker after about a mile just to realize that it said I'd only been out for just over 8 minutes! 8 minutes?!?!?! Really, the tracker must have been broken, seriously broken... I took a little walk brake then kicked it back up to finish back to the house. I ran 2miles in 20 minutes!!! I have not had a 10 minute mile since before I left the Navy! I will never run in any other type of shoe. I want 3 miles tomorrow, I'm so excited to get back out there. Spread the word, I know I'll continue to do some more homework on the whole barefoot thing (I think I'm a little too phobic to actually run barefoot) but I must admit, I'm a believer!
Signed --
Your favorite Paleo-Minimalist Girl
2 comments:
Impressive, my dear!
Vibram 5 fingers @ REI the best thing and closest to barefoot running avoid the knockoffs. I have been warming up to the shoes by running in "chucks" yes the nothing of a shoe but when you get the strike right it is awesome. -Ben
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