Hi, I'm someone who hasn't posted for a long time. Nice to come back and say hello to you all.
This seems like a babyish problem, but I just don't want to train in shoes at all.
I started running barefoot three years ago and I have not used shoes yet. I put on some Vibrams to run in the snow a couple of times that first year but hated doing it. I used a pair of Merrell pace gloves without having trained in them to do the first mile of the Disney 5K last January, but didn't really like having them on.
So, now I'm training to run the Disney 1/2 marathon this January. For six weeks I was building a nice 5K base, and now that I've done that I'm building a long run day. I had always assumed that once I got to running longer distances I would have to use some kind of minimal shoe for some of the time. But now that I'm starting to go a little further, I don't want to use any kind of footwear.
After thinking about those pace gloves that I have, I decided that maybe I wasn't a minimal-shoe-personality type and maybe I'm a huracha person. But hurachas intimidated me because I've heard about how tricky the lacing is.
In the middle of this dilemma, someone introduced me to Unshoes. They looked appealing and the lacing seemed to be easier, so I ordered a pair. They came in the mail yesterday.
Here is what I WANT to do. I want to run the Disney 1/2 completely barefoot. BUT, if I run into some unexpected unmanageable terrain that I can't handle, I'm going to need to have a shoe option to slip into. I've decided I like the idea of that shoe being this Unshoe. However, my final dilemma is that I just don't want to train in the Unshoe.
But it would be kind of dumb not to train in the Unshoe.
This is such a stupid problem. I don't know what's wrong with me. I feel like the little kid who just doesn't want to put her shoes on again.
This seems like a babyish problem, but I just don't want to train in shoes at all.
I started running barefoot three years ago and I have not used shoes yet. I put on some Vibrams to run in the snow a couple of times that first year but hated doing it. I used a pair of Merrell pace gloves without having trained in them to do the first mile of the Disney 5K last January, but didn't really like having them on.
So, now I'm training to run the Disney 1/2 marathon this January. For six weeks I was building a nice 5K base, and now that I've done that I'm building a long run day. I had always assumed that once I got to running longer distances I would have to use some kind of minimal shoe for some of the time. But now that I'm starting to go a little further, I don't want to use any kind of footwear.
After thinking about those pace gloves that I have, I decided that maybe I wasn't a minimal-shoe-personality type and maybe I'm a huracha person. But hurachas intimidated me because I've heard about how tricky the lacing is.
In the middle of this dilemma, someone introduced me to Unshoes. They looked appealing and the lacing seemed to be easier, so I ordered a pair. They came in the mail yesterday.
Here is what I WANT to do. I want to run the Disney 1/2 completely barefoot. BUT, if I run into some unexpected unmanageable terrain that I can't handle, I'm going to need to have a shoe option to slip into. I've decided I like the idea of that shoe being this Unshoe. However, my final dilemma is that I just don't want to train in the Unshoe.
But it would be kind of dumb not to train in the Unshoe.
This is such a stupid problem. I don't know what's wrong with me. I feel like the little kid who just doesn't want to put her shoes on again.