After my run #10 the next day I fancied to run into work from where I parked the car. My foot was playing up on the arch where I'd bruised it. I decided I could still do it anyway.
The result was for the rest of the day my arch bruise could be felt most of the time throughout my barefoot Tai Chi sessions.
By day 2 after the run my knee was tender. I am putting this down to doing favored running on the sore arch thereby causing me not to use the natural springiness of the foot and arch. The resulting run on friday was therefore more leaden than usual.
Its very frustration to think my calves are fine, my pads are fine, I'm ready to go but this niggly bruise is hanging around.
I think its good to document this though, as it shows that when people say take it easy in the beginning its not for any lame reason.
At the end of the day those that persevere are those they really want to master the art of barefoot running. I tried my kung-fu shoes on Friday to run in a minimalist shoe. CoMpLeTeLy useless. As you land on the forefoot the shoe slides down the heel and off.
The shoe experience felt awful. As soon as I put it on it felt all wrong. So damn tight and squeezing my toes together. I'm not sure what I'm going to do in winter. Hopefully the new book I'm reading The Barefoot Book will offer some suggestions for Winter.
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