Will rickwhitelaw do it? He only needs 7 more km to reach 400 km barefoot, this winter. Quite impressive. We Canucks take our toques off to you Rick.
I definitely noticed that when I get close to my limits, especially on my slush runs. The metatarsals become stiff. So I suppose that could affect one's arch movement.Maybe the cold made my feet less flexible?
I've never done that, but I do think it can extend your limits. I wish I would've done that last week. Probably wouldn't have gotten frost nip. My feet-heat always kicks in after 10-15 minutes. Before that my feet undergo what I call the numb-plunge, becoming progressively colder until my raised metabolism can stabilize or reverse the process. On last week's misadventure, the feet had numbed up too much before the feet-heat kicked in, and so it was too late.Maybe more warm up time?
Hmmn, my case appears to be a bit different. My toes haven't been tingly since the following day, but they were sparkly up until a couple of days ago, if by "sparkly" you mean feeling little electric shocks from time to time. Now it's been a week and they're still a bit numb, or maybe it's just that the callouses have hardened a bit as a result of the mild freezing. And I just noticed the heat sensitivity New Year's morning, when we had the heater in our bedroom on too high. Thanks for the feedback.Up to a week for sensitivity Lee. That is for how long mine were tingly and sparkly after my adventure with frost nip. No permanent damage though.
It is fun, just in a different sort of way.Although winter barefooting doesn't fit well in my training philosophy (=should be mostly fun), I gotta say that you guys are inspirational..
I finally bought an infrared thermometer to help answer a question I had. Is road temp. or air temp. the determining factor of how cold I can run barefoot.