Wednesday, August 4, 2010

The beginning

My plan for this blog is to catalog my recently undertaken activity of running. I have no idea if this will end up being interesting to anyone else (doubtful), but I want to keep a record of how well I do with this whole running thing.. so feel free to follow along.

I'm going to share brief notes about every run I have, and interject witty observations now and again. Oh, and since I'm trying to get down with this whole 'minimalist' movement thing I'm going to include my type of footwear with the details for each run.

So here goes!

August 4, 2010
Distance: 6.63km
Time: 38:30
Pace: 5.8 mins / km
Footwear: Bare feet
Notes: This was easily my longest bare foot run to date, and I'm paying for it. I have two blood blisters on my left foot and one on my right, along with a bleeding toe. The sidewalks and streets I'm running on are tough on my toes, and I just don't have the calluses built up yet. Oops. Overall though the run felt great.. it was a very nice evening, and it feels so freeing to run without shoes on. I'm looking forward to picking up my pace as my legs get used to running without shoes, since today's run wasn't exactly taxing on my cardio system.. but that's to be expected. I have a feeling that my calves will be killing me in the morning, but for now I'm feeling good.

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