Yup, my first 10k as a min shod runner. Ran the Airforce 10k here in Winnipeg today. My original thought that this would be my first barefoot 10k, but while I was out of town 1 1/2 weeks ago I ran up a hill that would never end. The way up was actually no problem, but the downhill killed my feet. 2 miles of downhill on chip-seal roads of Wisconsin, gave me a pretty decent blister to the point where it was still to sensitve to run on. It was okay for runs up to 3 miles, but any more left me on the tender side. The day of this Sundays 10k was cold, rainy and windy. A temperature of 9 celcius, winds of 35 km gusting to 60 km made for a interesting day. I felt sluggish running in Evos. I had not run in min shoes since the beginning of March and found my form off in the Evos today. I just decided to run nice and relaxed and not worry about my time. I finished the run towards the back of the pack with a unofficial time of 65 minutes. My son beat me by 10 minutes, I was proud of that effort as he had not run for 2 weeks other than his football games (he runs shod). I ran with a fellow at the start who was in vff's. He read the book and decided to switch to min shoes and barefoot. I cautioned him about TMTS, as he made this switch 2 months ago. Wished him luck and saw him at the finish but did not have a oppertunity to talk to him. While we were running I told him about this site so he could be better informed about the world of min and barefoot running. Also got passed by a young lady in vff's. She had her shins taped so with this I can assume that she too was in transition. She did have good form though, and ran decent too. 
Legs felt a little tired but other than that no aches and pains. Next up is a Half on fathersday that one is planned for vff's, and the next 10k is in July and am planning to do that one in barefooted.
Legs felt a little tired but other than that no aches and pains. Next up is a Half on fathersday that one is planned for vff's, and the next 10k is in July and am planning to do that one in barefooted.
