I ran in my second barefoot 5k yesterday (at work no less, I love my job), and again had blood blisters at the end of the race. Last time I had sprinted the end of the race and I thought that was what caused the blisters so it was discouraging to get them again. Now I think it's because I was going faster than I train and I got tired - normally I run about 10:30 per mile in training to keep my heart rate in the Maffetone aerobic zone, and in the race I was running about 8:00/mile. I'm happy with my time and the blisters are already going away, but is this something I can expect every race?
Oh, the surface was a little rough, chipseal, but I can usually take that in training.
Oh, the surface was a little rough, chipseal, but I can usually take that in training.