Second week of running, building up barefoot again.
Sunday: about 1-1.5 mi bf on sidewalk path across the street, followed by a nice long slushy muddy shod hike with the kids.
Monday: walk to work and back: maybe 4.5-5 miles total. Weights at gym in evening.
Tuesday: 4 mi bf around the brick path by a lake, at my favorite park in town, while kids played on scooters and skateboard. The skin on my feet is definitely starting to get conditioned, which I said couldn't happen to my delicate feet, so that's good. In 40F temp, the brick work had been in the sunshine all afternoon, and was perfectly, delightfully warm.
Unfortunately, ALL my sandals and almost all my min shoes are coming apart (except my suede soft stars are ok, but too toasty warm most of the time).
I took some of the shoes to a local shoe repair and he said they were not save-able.
So I am in the market for a new running sandal for any terrain that I don't want to bf on. Any suggestions?
I'm especially unhappy about the pair of wokova feathers I got late last summer and didn't put many miles on; the vibram has a hole where the toe fabric was attached. My last pair went for many hundreds more miles and abuse, and the cordura straps were what eventually failed, not the sole. Wondering if the new attachment techniques reduce the durability.
In any case, for right now I'm working on running bf around this great 0.4 mi square loop of brick work around a man-made lake in a nearby park. The view is lovely, the bricks are a bit chunky but still smooth, and the ground is debris free. I can do the sidewalk by my apartment, but there is precious little of it, and I don't like road debris on my bare feet. Yes, I am a princess.
After a couple of runs at the lake last week, the skin on my feet was fairly raw (I have very thin, soft plantar skin), so running 4 miles at a time bf out the gate was probably not the best choice.
That said, my recovery after the 4 mi last night was basically a non issue, so maybe my skin will actually thicken if I let it.