Yesterday was my scheduled day for 8 miles in my half marathon training schedule. It was also a group run day with local friends. It was also a severe thunderstorm warning day and pouring outside as our planned group run time approached.
I was nervous and excited... my longest barefoot run so far had been 6 miles and my longest run in shoes last year was 8 miles so I'm reaching the point of being back on par but barefoot instead.... ready to set many new pr's!
My wife and I went out and met Barefoot Dama and her hubby at a local trail to run. The downpour let up as we got there and so it was just a nice rain while we ran. Dama and I bragged about how we weren't going to have wet shoes when we were done and we all took off.
While I normally run aerobically to build my base, when I'm with others I run faster and we ended up doing 4 miles at just over a 10 min mile pace in the rain. The pavement was a nice, smooth blacktop bike trail around a small lake. I was amazed by how good it felt. We were running on lots of soggy storm debris and it didn't even register or stick to my feet. Was a great run and we really enjoyed it. I won't fear the rain again.
I ended up going back out to that same trail later in the afternoon to finish my 8 miles and while jy feet were a bit tender from our earlier run, I reached my daily goal and put the 8 mile notch in my barefoot running belt.... my longest run next week will be 10 miles (3 of which will be at a local 5k I signed up to run.) After that, I should be able to get my miles in all at once until the half marathon on Oct 16.
Happy running!
I was nervous and excited... my longest barefoot run so far had been 6 miles and my longest run in shoes last year was 8 miles so I'm reaching the point of being back on par but barefoot instead.... ready to set many new pr's!
My wife and I went out and met Barefoot Dama and her hubby at a local trail to run. The downpour let up as we got there and so it was just a nice rain while we ran. Dama and I bragged about how we weren't going to have wet shoes when we were done and we all took off.
While I normally run aerobically to build my base, when I'm with others I run faster and we ended up doing 4 miles at just over a 10 min mile pace in the rain. The pavement was a nice, smooth blacktop bike trail around a small lake. I was amazed by how good it felt. We were running on lots of soggy storm debris and it didn't even register or stick to my feet. Was a great run and we really enjoyed it. I won't fear the rain again.
I ended up going back out to that same trail later in the afternoon to finish my 8 miles and while jy feet were a bit tender from our earlier run, I reached my daily goal and put the 8 mile notch in my barefoot running belt.... my longest run next week will be 10 miles (3 of which will be at a local 5k I signed up to run.) After that, I should be able to get my miles in all at once until the half marathon on Oct 16.
Happy running!
