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Quote of the day: "Fuck yeah man! No shoes is hardcore!" *

August 12, 2010

Distance: 10km

Time: 48:39

Pace: 4.9 mins / km

Footwear: Bare feet

Notes: Beautiful run tonight. I mapped out a trail the other day that is almost exactly 10K (a trial course for the 10K I'm running in September) and I thought I would give it a shot in my bare feet. A storm had just passed through so the trail and the grass beside it were quite wet. It also meant I had a normally bustling trail almost all to myself. The path runs right beside the river and the storm clouds in the distance made for a great backdrop. Oh, and the run! I wasn't planning on doing the whole 10K tonight but things just felt great so I kept on going. I ran a combination of in the grass (which was a lot softer due to the rain compared with when it is dry) and on the pavement, although I did my best to run on the lines in the pavement. They aren't quite so tough on my unshod feet. Best of all, even after such a long run (easily my longest in bare feet to date) the soles of my feet really aren't all that bad... sure they are tender, but there are no new blisters or cracked & bleeding toes like I've had in the past. I know I'm going to need to get some Five Fingers before the race in Sept (it's quite a gravelly trail which would be awful), but if it takes another week or two to get that done I know I'll be fine running as is. 

*That's not a direct quote, but the guy watching me run by yelled something like that