I'm currently taking a speed class on a track and was curious if some of you more experienced BF runners have words of advice doing this type of workout bare? There's probably 50 people taking the class and of course, I'm the only barefoot runner, so I've gotten some typical remarks but everyone is pretty positive. Still they are curious what it's like running bare on the track- particularly doing speed work and to be honest, I am too. I'm only one session in so I don't have much to say about it yet but so far so good. I was a bit concerned that the track would eat my feet up but fortunately, I've been spared- this one time anyway. I was dealing with some TOFP and I'm pretty certain it was a combination of "too much too soon" and improper form but after 2 weeks of complete concentration on foot strike, consciously lifting instead of pushing off and increasing my cadence- I think I'm on my way to getting a decent form. I've finally lost the pain I was plagued with for the third and fourth week of my transition. Obviously it's not from slowing down my pace since I'm taking a speed class! :crazy: Anyway, any advice would be appreciated. Am I nuts for doing speedwork this early in my transition? I'm really an impatient person and if I had to sacrifice mileage- I wanted to make up for it by attempting to increase my speed. At least as much as possible anyway. I have my first 5k since going BF over the Fourth weekend. I'm determined to PR. Shorter distances aren't my strong suit but I'm not ready to take on the longer runs bare quite yet. Although, I have some on my race calendar in October and November which leads me to my next question... how long did you run BF before taking on a half or a full marathon?