Hi all!
Now the cold weather is settling down over Ontario for the past few weeks, I have noticed a little issue that has started to form. I would like to get your experienced input before it causes a major issue or if I should be covering me feet for the winter.
The back story:
This morning, I was out for a 7km traditional barefoot run. Last week it was 10km run with similar conditions. Both times the feet felt great during and right after the run, even though the temperatures were near freezing. During 20 minute car ride home, the feet blistered up mostly over the balls of the feet, which caused walking to be painful. This morning, there was a heavy frost on the ground and the feet took about 3 km to finally warm up. Whereas, 3 weeks ago, I completed a 5km race with no blisters (plus had a pb - 23:06 - 2minutes and 12 seconds faster than my previous 5km time). I have been running on similar stone dust trail surfaces with no blisters for over the last 3 or 4 months.
The question:
Are the blisters a way the body is adapting to the colder weather and after a few more cold weather runs they will stop forming? Or is the colder temperatures causing a slight shift in my form and therefor causing the delayed blistering? Have you experience this before when the temperatures drops to near or below freezing (0c/32f)?Any suggestions on how to prevent them and keep my feet feeling great?
Thank for any input.
Now the cold weather is settling down over Ontario for the past few weeks, I have noticed a little issue that has started to form. I would like to get your experienced input before it causes a major issue or if I should be covering me feet for the winter.
The back story:
This morning, I was out for a 7km traditional barefoot run. Last week it was 10km run with similar conditions. Both times the feet felt great during and right after the run, even though the temperatures were near freezing. During 20 minute car ride home, the feet blistered up mostly over the balls of the feet, which caused walking to be painful. This morning, there was a heavy frost on the ground and the feet took about 3 km to finally warm up. Whereas, 3 weeks ago, I completed a 5km race with no blisters (plus had a pb - 23:06 - 2minutes and 12 seconds faster than my previous 5km time). I have been running on similar stone dust trail surfaces with no blisters for over the last 3 or 4 months.
The question:
Are the blisters a way the body is adapting to the colder weather and after a few more cold weather runs they will stop forming? Or is the colder temperatures causing a slight shift in my form and therefor causing the delayed blistering? Have you experience this before when the temperatures drops to near or below freezing (0c/32f)?Any suggestions on how to prevent them and keep my feet feeling great?
Thank for any input.