Blog entries by Paul Stansel

Last month I completed my first Half ever. My goal was to beat 2:30 and I crushed it, 2:18:45 chip time. I was pretty darn happy! So happy I went and got my new tattoo a couple days later. Anyway, I haven't really had time to start transitioning to barefoot :( I was finding (as warned by so...

I was trying too hard to transition and still get my normal runs in training for my upcomming Half, and it was a disaster. Blisters, loss of form, serious leg pain... I was doing too much. I have 25 days until my first Half ever and I have backed off any real transition attempt for now to...

So I've been trying to wear Vibrams everywhere that I can to help work on foot strength. I had noticed some hotspotting the other day, and today it bothered me a ton when I was trying to get a run in with my old shoes. Taking the socks off revealed a nasty blister on the inside heal of both...

So it figures I would start wanting to run barefoot the week we get a 2 foot snow storm. It's not like I was going to go out and run the roads right away anyway, but it's a little hard to even START outside barefoot when temps are 20d and the snow is now threatening my thighs. I have been...