Success!

I have been running on all sorts of evil things this last week, barefoot, but only for about 5 minutes at a time -gravel, trails, asphalt- just getting a feel for it. The gravel knocked any urge to push off right out of me -lol. I wanted to run barefooton a trail formy first time, however, after scoping some out I realized that I did not enjoy the thought of having to concentrate on inclines and declines and getting around super sharp rocks, and form, all at once. If I could find a flat, non-rocky trail, then maybe. The other problem is, the closest place to run from my house (without driving) is a road, asphalt. So...today was my first REAL barefoot run, for one mile, on asphalt. The bottom of my feet donot hurt at all, undoubtedly an indicator of good form. I know this for sure because the other day I justwalked on asphalt and was apparently pushing off as I did so, because the soles of my feet were basically burning the rest of the day. I am like totally giddy now!!! I am looking forward to returning to my former running schedule of 3 days a week. Eventually I will put one day of trail running back in. I am really looking forward to stubbing my first toe on the trails, barefoot! Lol.