First experiance with Chip Seal
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Mazel tov! If you can do a
Mazel tov! If you can do a run like that you're well along on your way to BF competence. The looks just make it more fun!
Mazel tov! If you can do a run like that you're well along on your way to BF competence. The looks just make it more fun!
Chip seal is one of my
Chip seal is one of my favorite things to run on. Not because it feels particularly good, but because the gravel that gets kicked up on it is less noticeable because of the irregularlity of the surface. In oklahoma, with nothing but dust and tiny rocks being kicked around by our wind, chip seal becomes inviting after you've hit a small sharp rock of death on solid pavement.
I'll take acorns and what not anyday over a small rock on a hard smooth surface. But don't get me started on the giant burrs we have around here. They make bare trail runs ridiculously awful with bare feet. I got 8 punctures on my last trail jaunt. Was miserable. Luckily for me, the burrs didn't get too much passed my fat pads. One did draw blood though. Stupid burrs.
Chip seal is one of my favorite things to run on. Not because it feels particularly good, but because the gravel that gets kicked up on it is less noticeable because of the irregularlity of the surface. In oklahoma, with nothing but dust and tiny rocks being kicked around by our wind, chip seal becomes inviting after you've hit a small sharp rock of death on solid pavement.
I'll take acorns and what not anyday over a small rock on a hard smooth surface. But don't get me started on the giant burrs we have around here. They make bare trail runs ridiculously awful with bare feet. I got 8 punctures on my last trail jaunt. Was miserable. Luckily for me, the burrs didn't get too much passed my fat pads. One did draw blood though. Stupid burrs.
NickW
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I don't know what a goathead
I don't know what a goathead is, other than that a goat head, but around here we have the regular pinecones and then these small round spiney bugers (I think they are a type of pinecone????) that hurt like he%@ when stepped on. And they always seem to fall in groups of 50 or more so there really isn't much for avoiding them. They are especially bad on on sidewalks, which is mostly what I run on here. I really hate them and dread one section of road here because it always has a bunch of them.
I don't know what a goathead is, other than that a goat head, but around here we have the regular pinecones and then these small round spiney bugers (I think they are a type of pinecone????) that hurt like he%@ when stepped on. And they always seem to fall in groups of 50 or more so there really isn't much for avoiding them. They are especially bad on on sidewalks, which is mostly what I run on here. I really hate them and dread one section of road here because it always has a bunch of them.
Here is a picture of
Here is a picture of goatheads, they are sharp enough to puncture bike tires.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Trte_003_lhp.jpg
Here is a picture of goatheads, they are sharp enough to puncture bike tires.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Trte_003_lhp.jpg
Yeh, those are what the burrs
Yeh, those are what the burrs around here look like (southern oklahoma). We've always just called em burrs. But they look exactly the same. I had 8 of those in my feet on my last trail jaunt. Not all of them caused noticeable puntures though
Yeh, those are what the burrs around here look like (southern oklahoma). We've always just called em burrs. But they look exactly the same. I had 8 of those in my feet on my last trail jaunt. Not all of them caused noticeable puntures though
Janson, where are you that
Janson, where are you that you have goatheads? i live on the otherside of beaverton from Nick. i live neat Nike and hwy 26. i run alot at forest park and even visit tryon creek once in a while and have never been punctured nor seen one. knock on wood. the oly thing i'm waiting for is all the acorn shells. i guess that's partly my fault since i send my dog chasing all the squirrels.
Mike
Janson, where are you that you have goatheads? i live on the otherside of beaverton from Nick. i live neat Nike and hwy 26. i run alot at forest park and even visit tryon creek once in a while and have never been punctured nor seen one. knock on wood. the oly thing i'm waiting for is all the acorn shells. i guess that's partly my fault since i send my dog chasing all the squirrels.
Mike
