Well, I have been absent from this blog for over a month- I have many other options for blogs, being a word press developer and designer, but like the theme here. I think I will officially use this as a training/race blog just dedicated to my pursuit of minimal and barefoot style running.
The last month I spent training for the monument 15k trail run race. I have never really run consistently, and after bonking on a 3 mile training run a few months back I almost decided to stop running period. After my epiphany running barefoot in the rain after a kayak run, I have decided to give running a second shot. But I plan to do it a little different. Training the way I want to, and ultimately listening to my body. I think todays shoes have a way of numbing the senses, and encourage injury. Less cushioning, means more feel, and also means being more intune with injuries. That being said I was pushing it pretty hard, transitioned to vff's and then moving to my trail minimus's the last month exclusively. I only trained on the course I was going to race, and had a goal of around 2 hours and 30 minutes to finish the race.
Race day I felt unusally amped, and full of purpose. Unusual since I have done a lot of other activities that supposedly feed that. Anyway, after nursing a calf injury all week, and not running, I was just hoping to finish without injury. I had a very hard time containing myself the first 3 miles, I knew that the hills were going to crush, and I just stayed with my game plan. Passing runners that were to tired to run the hills. Anyway I started walking the hills as well, but knew the last 3 miles were all down hill. I have never, ever run 6 miles, let alone a 15k, so when I got to the top of the hill, it felt like I had just hiked to the top of a mountain to ski down some fresh powder. The last 3 miles went by in a blur, and I was just hoping my legs would hold up. Well, I finished, felt good, and ran the race in 1:53. My elevation climb topped 1900 feet. Wow. I think next year will be a good one, and I might run the race compeltely barefoot next time.
The last month I spent training for the monument 15k trail run race. I have never really run consistently, and after bonking on a 3 mile training run a few months back I almost decided to stop running period. After my epiphany running barefoot in the rain after a kayak run, I have decided to give running a second shot. But I plan to do it a little different. Training the way I want to, and ultimately listening to my body. I think todays shoes have a way of numbing the senses, and encourage injury. Less cushioning, means more feel, and also means being more intune with injuries. That being said I was pushing it pretty hard, transitioned to vff's and then moving to my trail minimus's the last month exclusively. I only trained on the course I was going to race, and had a goal of around 2 hours and 30 minutes to finish the race.
Race day I felt unusally amped, and full of purpose. Unusual since I have done a lot of other activities that supposedly feed that. Anyway, after nursing a calf injury all week, and not running, I was just hoping to finish without injury. I had a very hard time containing myself the first 3 miles, I knew that the hills were going to crush, and I just stayed with my game plan. Passing runners that were to tired to run the hills. Anyway I started walking the hills as well, but knew the last 3 miles were all down hill. I have never, ever run 6 miles, let alone a 15k, so when I got to the top of the hill, it felt like I had just hiked to the top of a mountain to ski down some fresh powder. The last 3 miles went by in a blur, and I was just hoping my legs would hold up. Well, I finished, felt good, and ran the race in 1:53. My elevation climb topped 1900 feet. Wow. I think next year will be a good one, and I might run the race compeltely barefoot next time.
