Around 2.7 miles recovery pace last evening. It was recovery pace in more ways than one. I'm taking on some new responsibilities at work and went into the main office in Philly to learn them from the person who is retiring. The traffic for the drive in wasn't so terrible but the rush hour traffic on the way home was a nightmare. But the worst thing was I didn't think it would be a good idea to walk into the main office barefoot or wearing sandals, so I took a pair of shoes and socks with me and put them on after I got parked.
Holy cripes those things felt awful. It felt like I lost all connection to the ground and I wondered how it was I used to walk around in those shoes and thought they were comfortable back in my shodden days. I gained a full appreciation of why barefooters sometimes call them foot coffins. It really felt like they made my feet dead.
Needless to say, as soon as I left that day and got to my car, I took them off. Still, the whole drive home it felt like I had been, I don't know, violated or imprisoned.
By the time I got home, I knew all I wanted to do was run easy and reconnect. It took about 15 minutes before the run started feeling right and good, and then I just took that until the end. I get to look forward to wearing shoes again next Wednesday. Ugh.
Holy cripes those things felt awful. It felt like I lost all connection to the ground and I wondered how it was I used to walk around in those shoes and thought they were comfortable back in my shodden days. I gained a full appreciation of why barefooters sometimes call them foot coffins. It really felt like they made my feet dead.
Needless to say, as soon as I left that day and got to my car, I took them off. Still, the whole drive home it felt like I had been, I don't know, violated or imprisoned.
By the time I got home, I knew all I wanted to do was run easy and reconnect. It took about 15 minutes before the run started feeling right and good, and then I just took that until the end. I get to look forward to wearing shoes again next Wednesday. Ugh.