How many people have arrived at a point where they thought or said, OK, I'm done with the transition, now I'm a bone fide barefoot runner?
My experience has been that there is no 'transition' to barefoot running; each and every increase in pace or distance has required a period of adaptation, some niggles along the way, extra soreness or renewed sole sensitivity, getting used to new types of terrain, etc. Seems to me that the transition is over only when you achieve your performance goals and are content to maintain your barefoot running fitness--in terms of pace, distance, temps, terrains, and so on--at that level.
Has this been anyone else's experience? Or have you found that once you established a base, it was just a matter of slowly increasing your abilities/range with little further concern for adaptation issues?
My experience has been that there is no 'transition' to barefoot running; each and every increase in pace or distance has required a period of adaptation, some niggles along the way, extra soreness or renewed sole sensitivity, getting used to new types of terrain, etc. Seems to me that the transition is over only when you achieve your performance goals and are content to maintain your barefoot running fitness--in terms of pace, distance, temps, terrains, and so on--at that level.
Has this been anyone else's experience? Or have you found that once you established a base, it was just a matter of slowly increasing your abilities/range with little further concern for adaptation issues?