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  1. Hello from The Netherlands

    Hi, thanks again for your advice!
  2. Hello from The Netherlands

    Hi again, yesterday I ran 4 kilometers in cold weather conditions, for the first time. It was about 3 degrees Celcius (37.4 F), but it felt a bit like loosing feeling in my feet. It wasn't uncomfortable, but it felt like having less sensitive feet. After the run I had 2 (blood) blisters on my...
  3. Hello from The Netherlands

    Hi, just another update: last weekend I did 4 kilometers at low pace. I checked my soles every kilometer and no blood! It seems like the feet healed and I'm able to run 4 kilometers comfortably :)
  4. Hello from The Netherlands

    Hi TJ, thanks for your reply! Today, after 6 days rest, I did 3.5 kilometers at low speed. It felt good and as adviced by Barefoot Ken Bob I inspected the foots every kilometer. After 2 kilometers one foot had a little blood on two (out of three) blisters. It seemed minor wear, the other foot...
  5. Hello from The Netherlands

    Hi, I decided to give the run a try and it was better than expected: I started slow and in the second half I was able to accelerate a bit. The asphalt was clean and ok - although it felt a bit rough as I didn't do much preparation / training because of my achilles injury. I completed the run in...
  6. Hello from The Netherlands

    Hi, thanks for your reply! I started again two weeks ago and did 2 minutes during the first week and 5 minutes during the second week, at low speed. Tonight I decided to give it a try and ran half of the race distance: 3,2 km. I just started at low speed and just ran at a comfortable low speed...
  7. Hello from The Netherlands

    Hi, about 20 years ago I was running (shod). About 10 years ago I started running again and because of injuries I started barefoot / minimalist footwear running. I my 'top' I did 20 km at low speed using minimal footwear. Recently at my work people asked me if I was interested to do a local...