Today I ran my 4th 5 miler barefoot.
However, I thought I'd be too wiped out to do it. On Saturday my partner, who loves her long walks, took both on this 5 hour walk. The walk was in flip flops so the lower muscles were working overtime. We pretty much collapsed on the sofa when we got home. The next day I was completely wiped out.
So I figured it might take a few days to recover. However, on her encouragement, I went out and had a go today with my regular 5 mile run.
The run was great. In fact it felt quicker today. Still using the run walk method, I increased the last 3 run intervals to 6 minutes running, 30 second walk. I also went a bit further. I'd been tempted before today but I felt it was worth a try today.
The tarmac is about the roughest of the seafront promenade. Its quite a short stretch but I wanted to break my feet in to the feeling of the surface.
The 5.2 miles also finished at a good landmark next to this main road. So I ran to the new road landmark on the rough stuff and back. It was pretty tingly. But that's all it was. In fact it was quite pleasant.
I also managed to fit in comfortably a full gym workout afterwards.
I'm finding these runs energising rather than exhausting. A good sign is if there's room for something else afterwards.
The run is quite varied. Its tarmac, grass, concrete, pebbled stones and concrete combined.
The new goal is to get to the end of the promenade. I believe this to make the total run 7.4 miles. The biggest test of this is the extra running on tarmac which is my favorite challenge.
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