Recently I completed two more unshod half marathons at the Texas Threesome race series in Texas. It would have been three but there was tornado activity so the middle race got canceled. I would have got to five moons on the half fanatics club too. Oh well.
The course was very nice and smooth at first but then around the first turn it got very rough. Bad pitted asphalt for much of the way around the four nearly three mile loops. I ended up running a lot off of the paved trail on the grass. I usually avoid grass as much as possible since you never know whats lurking under there. For this race it worked out and I didn't get stickers or other things stuck in my feet from going off the trail. It worked out pretty well.
This was unshod race 4 and 5 for me and I made it to 900 total unshod miles. Can't wait to do my first full marathon.
The course was very nice and smooth at first but then around the first turn it got very rough. Bad pitted asphalt for much of the way around the four nearly three mile loops. I ended up running a lot off of the paved trail on the grass. I usually avoid grass as much as possible since you never know whats lurking under there. For this race it worked out and I didn't get stickers or other things stuck in my feet from going off the trail. It worked out pretty well.
This was unshod race 4 and 5 for me and I made it to 900 total unshod miles. Can't wait to do my first full marathon.
