So I have been slowly adapting my legs, (calves and achilles mostly) for longer and longer runs in my VFFs. With a hectic schedule lately my running didn't get a very high priority. So I decided to jump start my barefooting progress.
I was feeling like I really needed a good run, and I truly enjoy running in my VFFs more than shoes by a lot! So, I decided it was time to just run, without time restriction, but within reason. So I left my house in my VFFs and knew I'd be going at least 3 miles (my furthest run in VFFs before was 2.25mi in 16min). I ended up running 5.09mi in about 46 min. Not a great pace per mile, but I figured not so bad since it was my first decent length "barefoot" run, and it was almost all on pavement. I was also pleased that I was able to keep myself from any trends to get lazy and land on my heels. So though I'm sure my fatigued form was far from perfect once I got around 4 miles, I was at least not hurting myself.
I had been drinking pretty heavily the night before, and that guilt may have led to my desire to just want to run it all out. I did feel quite a bit better, and my hung-over, lazy-ass was feeling quite better after the run and post-run shower. I was quite a bit more productive the rest of the day as well.
The next day (today as I am writing this) my calves were pretty sore and tight, but not any more than I would expect. The more I move around and warm them up, the better they feel. Of course once I sit down for an extended period of time I have to warm them up with a few steps around the house. However, the tightness/soreness is not anything more than I have felt after a good legs day in the gym if I do burnout sets with each exercise. My hamstrings aren't sore at all tho, which makes me wonder if I wasn't snapping my feet back behind me enough.
Alright, that should be all, a fair deal for my first official "blog" post on here
I was feeling like I really needed a good run, and I truly enjoy running in my VFFs more than shoes by a lot! So, I decided it was time to just run, without time restriction, but within reason. So I left my house in my VFFs and knew I'd be going at least 3 miles (my furthest run in VFFs before was 2.25mi in 16min). I ended up running 5.09mi in about 46 min. Not a great pace per mile, but I figured not so bad since it was my first decent length "barefoot" run, and it was almost all on pavement. I was also pleased that I was able to keep myself from any trends to get lazy and land on my heels. So though I'm sure my fatigued form was far from perfect once I got around 4 miles, I was at least not hurting myself.
I had been drinking pretty heavily the night before, and that guilt may have led to my desire to just want to run it all out. I did feel quite a bit better, and my hung-over, lazy-ass was feeling quite better after the run and post-run shower. I was quite a bit more productive the rest of the day as well.
The next day (today as I am writing this) my calves were pretty sore and tight, but not any more than I would expect. The more I move around and warm them up, the better they feel. Of course once I sit down for an extended period of time I have to warm them up with a few steps around the house. However, the tightness/soreness is not anything more than I have felt after a good legs day in the gym if I do burnout sets with each exercise. My hamstrings aren't sore at all tho, which makes me wonder if I wasn't snapping my feet back behind me enough.
Alright, that should be all, a fair deal for my first official "blog" post on here