Wow, I appreciate the "likes" for my first run in awhile. This is why I come here - to suppliment my often lackadaisical motivation.
Did 'nuther 1.5 miles barefoot at lunch today. One of my former lunchtime run locations is now off my list. They are in proccess of replacing the grass football fields with fake turf surrounded by 1/4" gravel. Running on the turf was worse than the rock - the sun heats it ot 100+ degrees (on a perfect 80-degree day).
I'm actually eating herring in wine sauce right now as part of my brunch. Right after finishing off a bowl of yoghurt and berries. The herring-barefoot connection was latent, but it seems so obvious now. Can a four-minute mile be far behind?Ran around 2 and 3/4 miles yesterday after work. I probably went faster than I should have, but the legs felt good so I let them take over. Probably also a good sign that I sure left plenty in the tank with Sunday's 5K race as I had intended to do.
Funny enough how I threw in the idea of eating pickled herring in last week's mileage thread and the veering off to discussion about diet. I'm currently rereading The Perfect Mile by Neal Bascomb with its story about Roger Bannister, John Landy, and Wes Santee trying to chase down the 4-minute mile, and in one chapter it's mentioned how during one stretch of his life, Bannister often had some pickled herring as part of breakfast. So there you go, eat pickled herring, run a 4-minute mile.
Just did my first trail run on Wildwood since these storms have kicked in and WOW! A 5 mile partial OBSTACLE COURSE! Even better! Mikey was with me so I used him as a spiderweb shield and debris impaler -he's pretty good at both!
Too late! I've been running mostly aerobic pace for the last several weeks. No heart rate monitor though, so I guess it doesn't count.careful Lee. deadlifts and squats are all that Maffetone recommends for weightlifting. don't get into maf training!
Steve Magness also mentions somewhere on his site (http://www.scienceofrunning.com/) how high-performance runners sometimes incorporate barefoot running into their training.Also interesting in Neal Bascomb's The Perfect Mile are the times he mentions how Bannister and Santee had some barefoot running sometimes in their training. I don't think Bannister's was regular, it just occurred some when he was doing runs in the countryside. Santee's, IIRC, was sprints on the infield with the Kansas University track team. John Landy had custom made shoes that were soft soles with spikes.
Some day I have to take a serious crack at learning Finnish and seeing if I can get some Finnish-language that are bios about Paavo Nurmi or talk about how the Finnish runners in the early 20th century trained.