Yay!!!!!!! *celebrating*
Okay I had to get that out.
I'm am just super-duper excited that I actually ran a race barefoot!
This morning I ran the Nun Run 5k. Since I had never run the course before, I started out running in socks (don't care if they get ruined - I have way too many) because I didn't know what I would come across. Also, to make my mom happy, I carried my shoes with me. For about half the race.
I ended up taking the socks off but the roads are very rough and chip-sealed. It was so much fun though! It wasn't a very good time for me, but I was focused on just going through it barefoot - not beating my time. This is only my third 5k and first since last year, so I haven't been really practicing how to pace myself. I wish I'd gone harder but every race is just another opportunity to learn! I got second place in my age group 15-20 but of course placing is always relative to the pool of competitors...
I did get many odd looks when I was standing around in my socks pre-race, and a lot of stares when I was running the course barefoot! I ended up getting a lot of questions and out of everyone who talked to me, two were skeptical. Like I was some crazy kid. But all the rest seemed to think it was pretty neat. They were all like "do your feet hurt?" Nope.
Funny thing - after the race I must have inspired a trend because a bunch of the younger kids kicked off their running shoes and walked around outside barefoot and in socks for the rest of the morning. Sorry for your kids' dirty feet, parents! LOL.
Last night, my feet had started hurting really bad. Top of the foot again. I didn't even run yesterday so I'm not really sure why they started hurting like that. This morning I got up and tried to put my running shoes on and walk/run in them (parents wanted me to wear them) and it HURT. Like, dammit-you-stupid-feet hurt. When I took the shoes off it felt better.
But they still hurt bad enough that I thought I would have to walk the 5k (barefoot). If you know me you would know how stupidly stubborn I am so I decided to play it by ear and just see what happened when I got there, shoes or no shoes. Worst case scenario I just walk really slow with the old ladies in the back.
Before we left I had my dad, who's a chiropractor, adjust my feet. =) Sometimes my ankle locks up (the one I sprained like 5 times in gymnastics and had to have taped every day for soccer).
I ended up running pretty much the whole thing and my feet actually felt better during and after than they had before. Like when you're sore but you go work out anyway and the soreness goes away.
They felt pretty good for about 4 hours afterwards and now (wayyy later) they're hella sore. Think I might ice them again just to be safe but I don't think I'm injured. I'm definitely going to rest my feet! My ankle is locked up again (I don't know the official term for what it does but "locked up" seems the best way to describe it. It's not painful, just annoying).
My stubbornness is going to get me into trouble with myself... :/ Feel free to lecture me on pushing myself too hard. Sometimes I have crazy reasoning (or lack thereof).
I'm just glad everything turned out the way it did and I got to experience a race barefoot, something I NEVER thought I would do! :bigsmile:
Okay I had to get that out.
I'm am just super-duper excited that I actually ran a race barefoot!
This morning I ran the Nun Run 5k. Since I had never run the course before, I started out running in socks (don't care if they get ruined - I have way too many) because I didn't know what I would come across. Also, to make my mom happy, I carried my shoes with me. For about half the race.
I ended up taking the socks off but the roads are very rough and chip-sealed. It was so much fun though! It wasn't a very good time for me, but I was focused on just going through it barefoot - not beating my time. This is only my third 5k and first since last year, so I haven't been really practicing how to pace myself. I wish I'd gone harder but every race is just another opportunity to learn! I got second place in my age group 15-20 but of course placing is always relative to the pool of competitors...
I did get many odd looks when I was standing around in my socks pre-race, and a lot of stares when I was running the course barefoot! I ended up getting a lot of questions and out of everyone who talked to me, two were skeptical. Like I was some crazy kid. But all the rest seemed to think it was pretty neat. They were all like "do your feet hurt?" Nope.
Funny thing - after the race I must have inspired a trend because a bunch of the younger kids kicked off their running shoes and walked around outside barefoot and in socks for the rest of the morning. Sorry for your kids' dirty feet, parents! LOL.
Last night, my feet had started hurting really bad. Top of the foot again. I didn't even run yesterday so I'm not really sure why they started hurting like that. This morning I got up and tried to put my running shoes on and walk/run in them (parents wanted me to wear them) and it HURT. Like, dammit-you-stupid-feet hurt. When I took the shoes off it felt better.
But they still hurt bad enough that I thought I would have to walk the 5k (barefoot). If you know me you would know how stupidly stubborn I am so I decided to play it by ear and just see what happened when I got there, shoes or no shoes. Worst case scenario I just walk really slow with the old ladies in the back.
Before we left I had my dad, who's a chiropractor, adjust my feet. =) Sometimes my ankle locks up (the one I sprained like 5 times in gymnastics and had to have taped every day for soccer).
I ended up running pretty much the whole thing and my feet actually felt better during and after than they had before. Like when you're sore but you go work out anyway and the soreness goes away.
They felt pretty good for about 4 hours afterwards and now (wayyy later) they're hella sore. Think I might ice them again just to be safe but I don't think I'm injured. I'm definitely going to rest my feet! My ankle is locked up again (I don't know the official term for what it does but "locked up" seems the best way to describe it. It's not painful, just annoying).
My stubbornness is going to get me into trouble with myself... :/ Feel free to lecture me on pushing myself too hard. Sometimes I have crazy reasoning (or lack thereof).
I'm just glad everything turned out the way it did and I got to experience a race barefoot, something I NEVER thought I would do! :bigsmile:
