Well, not the real winter you hardcore guys from Midwest with single digit temperatures run in but the local variation we are blessed with here in Northwest. :wink:
I signed up for 10k Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day. The race was on a paved trail in a park, the temperature was 32F and there were some icy patches mixed with a little snow on the trail.
I had gathered all the information about running BF in winter here on the forum before (thank you everyone) so I dressed warmly, put vasoline on top of my feet and stayed in my flip-flops until the starter gun. I was a little worried about running on the ice but the organizers made a bypass at the very last moment to avoid the largest icy section so we could run on grass instead.
There was a lot of runners so the first two minutes everybody was just walking and I started worrying about my cold feet but when I finally managed to get to my tempo my feet warmed up and I felt great and pretty confident about the rest of the run. I passed a lot of people and this was the first time I actually noticed and was wondering about how most of the shod runners loudly slap their feet with low cadence huffing and puffing.
I finished easily in 50 minutes with a big smile at the finish line hearing a megaphone announcement: "We got a barefoot runner here, it must really hurt to run barefoot especially in this cold weather" :bigsmile:
My feet were just fine, not a single blister, I only felt a bit of soreness on my front pads afterwards but that was gone by evening that day.
More races like this ! :love:
I signed up for 10k Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day. The race was on a paved trail in a park, the temperature was 32F and there were some icy patches mixed with a little snow on the trail.
I had gathered all the information about running BF in winter here on the forum before (thank you everyone) so I dressed warmly, put vasoline on top of my feet and stayed in my flip-flops until the starter gun. I was a little worried about running on the ice but the organizers made a bypass at the very last moment to avoid the largest icy section so we could run on grass instead.
There was a lot of runners so the first two minutes everybody was just walking and I started worrying about my cold feet but when I finally managed to get to my tempo my feet warmed up and I felt great and pretty confident about the rest of the run. I passed a lot of people and this was the first time I actually noticed and was wondering about how most of the shod runners loudly slap their feet with low cadence huffing and puffing.
I finished easily in 50 minutes with a big smile at the finish line hearing a megaphone announcement: "We got a barefoot runner here, it must really hurt to run barefoot especially in this cold weather" :bigsmile:
My feet were just fine, not a single blister, I only felt a bit of soreness on my front pads afterwards but that was gone by evening that day.
More races like this ! :love:
