Maybe I'm a slow learner or something, you would think that after 3+years of barefoot running I would have all bases covered by now, sadly no.
I went out for a run on Thursday, it was 30C and bright sun at around 4.30pm. I got out of the car and tested the ground temperature and decided that the concrete was run-able, so off I go.
After 1km the concrete turns to brick paving, this was I noted, umm warmer. After another few km and now on larger flat brick paving my feet are saying, hey buddy, I'm starting to feel like a rare steak down here. I persevered until I hit concrete again. I got to my 5km turn point and my feet felt like I'd walked on hot coals. I headed to the beach and ran back along the sand and waterline to cool them off. I didn't think I had done any damage but later than night I noticed that I had a 1cm blister on each pad, bugger.
After a days rest I went for a 13km run along the beach and was ok up until the blisters started complaining at 10km. Do blisters normally go down on their own if you leave them alone? I can't remember the protocol for dealing with them it's been that long since I've had any.
Neil
I went out for a run on Thursday, it was 30C and bright sun at around 4.30pm. I got out of the car and tested the ground temperature and decided that the concrete was run-able, so off I go.
After 1km the concrete turns to brick paving, this was I noted, umm warmer. After another few km and now on larger flat brick paving my feet are saying, hey buddy, I'm starting to feel like a rare steak down here. I persevered until I hit concrete again. I got to my 5km turn point and my feet felt like I'd walked on hot coals. I headed to the beach and ran back along the sand and waterline to cool them off. I didn't think I had done any damage but later than night I noticed that I had a 1cm blister on each pad, bugger.
After a days rest I went for a 13km run along the beach and was ok up until the blisters started complaining at 10km. Do blisters normally go down on their own if you leave them alone? I can't remember the protocol for dealing with them it's been that long since I've had any.
Neil