Hi guys,
Well, this is my first post (introduction post apart).
I'm running in minimalist shoes for 4 years. I first started to run in Saucony Hatori on road (once or twice a week, long and mid-range runs) and barefoot on beach (twice a week, short runs). 2 years ago I ended up running marathon in Hatoris. During the training toward the marathon, I was trail-running upto 36km.
Since then my feet widened and now same Saucony feels a bit narrow for me. I've moved on to Innov-8 Trailroc 235 on trails and Vivobarefoot Ultra Pures on road. The latter is most minimal shoe I've ever run in. After a short period its soles became 3-4mm thick and really provides good sensation of the ground. Now there is a couple of holes, the bigger ones are under my toes.
Eventually I decided to make a huge (for me) step forward and go just barefoot. I'm now in a week 3 of the transitioning. Looks like during the period of 4 years minimalist running I have developed a 'right' stride. I.e. I have zero problems with muscles or tendons. Have no pain. First I ran 10km barefoot and it really hurt ... I got beautiful blisters. Well, now when I only run 5K barefoot runs it's feeling good. But I can not go further. If I try to run more I get some skin peel off or blisters.
I suppose there is something I need to change (maybe the 'good' stride I was talking about earlier). What I want to achieve is barefoot trailrunning. But I feel that running barefoot on asphalt should be accomplished earlier. What should I do in order to harden the skin? Or just let it go and gradually increase my barefoot runs?
Thanks.
Well, this is my first post (introduction post apart).
I'm running in minimalist shoes for 4 years. I first started to run in Saucony Hatori on road (once or twice a week, long and mid-range runs) and barefoot on beach (twice a week, short runs). 2 years ago I ended up running marathon in Hatoris. During the training toward the marathon, I was trail-running upto 36km.
Since then my feet widened and now same Saucony feels a bit narrow for me. I've moved on to Innov-8 Trailroc 235 on trails and Vivobarefoot Ultra Pures on road. The latter is most minimal shoe I've ever run in. After a short period its soles became 3-4mm thick and really provides good sensation of the ground. Now there is a couple of holes, the bigger ones are under my toes.
Eventually I decided to make a huge (for me) step forward and go just barefoot. I'm now in a week 3 of the transitioning. Looks like during the period of 4 years minimalist running I have developed a 'right' stride. I.e. I have zero problems with muscles or tendons. Have no pain. First I ran 10km barefoot and it really hurt ... I got beautiful blisters. Well, now when I only run 5K barefoot runs it's feeling good. But I can not go further. If I try to run more I get some skin peel off or blisters.
I suppose there is something I need to change (maybe the 'good' stride I was talking about earlier). What I want to achieve is barefoot trailrunning. But I feel that running barefoot on asphalt should be accomplished earlier. What should I do in order to harden the skin? Or just let it go and gradually increase my barefoot runs?
Thanks.