I was so excited this morning.... I did my longest barefoot run yet, 3.75 miles! It was funny to me to be so excited about that; my longest shod run was over 5 miles further than that. But it's taken me over 2 months to build up to this distance, so it was awesome. It was far enough to give me that wonderful post-run high. And there's just something about that 5K+ distance...getting closer to 5 miles...that gives me more confidence for building up to a half marathon.
Part of the reason I was so thrilled was because I've been having some IT band/quad/knee issues, and thanks to a long session on the foam roller before the run, I was FINE. I ws getting concerned about the pain (thanks to a rough run on Thursday when I forgot to use the foam roller first), so I needed this great run today.
Part of the reason I was so thrilled was because I've been having some IT band/quad/knee issues, and thanks to a long session on the foam roller before the run, I was FINE. I ws getting concerned about the pain (thanks to a rough run on Thursday when I forgot to use the foam roller first), so I needed this great run today.