Hi all, i'm new to this website and have been running without shoes now for around 2 months. I am planning to do this run called the Bob Graham round next summer. Here is a link to the BG website http://www.bobgrahamclub.org.uk/
So as the topic title says i'm thinking about doing it barefoot (just cos I like a challenge!) but literally every fell runner I know just looks at me like i'm am completely nuts when I say I want to do it barefoot.
I have been doing some recce runs on different sections to get to know the route and have been doing them barefoot for the most part but also taking along my innov-8 baregrip 200 shoes as a back up for when my feet get tired.
When i'm on the grassy mixed sections i'm totally fine barefoot but when it gets to sections where it is just sharp,pointy rocks...i'm really struggling. I have to slow down to a snails pace and pick my way across them...this would be fine but to do the round in 24 hours means you really can't afford to be slowing down whenever you come across a rocky section....there are more than a few of them!
I guess what i'm really asking is just how rough the terrain can be and still be ran on barefoot. Like I said i've only been doing barefoot running for a short time (2 months) and am really hoping all you folks who have been at this longer and are jedi's over rocks can tell me something like ' it will come just perserveer!'
I've read Ken Bob Saxtons book and also the book by Michael Sandler/Jessica Lee....I completely agree with what they are saying BUT i've yet to see a photo of people running over the sort of rough stuff that there is in the Lake District.
So far i've surprised myself with the sort of terrain I can now run over but the real rocky stuff is still stopping me!
Help!
So as the topic title says i'm thinking about doing it barefoot (just cos I like a challenge!) but literally every fell runner I know just looks at me like i'm am completely nuts when I say I want to do it barefoot.
I have been doing some recce runs on different sections to get to know the route and have been doing them barefoot for the most part but also taking along my innov-8 baregrip 200 shoes as a back up for when my feet get tired.
When i'm on the grassy mixed sections i'm totally fine barefoot but when it gets to sections where it is just sharp,pointy rocks...i'm really struggling. I have to slow down to a snails pace and pick my way across them...this would be fine but to do the round in 24 hours means you really can't afford to be slowing down whenever you come across a rocky section....there are more than a few of them!
I guess what i'm really asking is just how rough the terrain can be and still be ran on barefoot. Like I said i've only been doing barefoot running for a short time (2 months) and am really hoping all you folks who have been at this longer and are jedi's over rocks can tell me something like ' it will come just perserveer!'
I've read Ken Bob Saxtons book and also the book by Michael Sandler/Jessica Lee....I completely agree with what they are saying BUT i've yet to see a photo of people running over the sort of rough stuff that there is in the Lake District.
So far i've surprised myself with the sort of terrain I can now run over but the real rocky stuff is still stopping me!
Help!