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Location:

Seattle,WA,

Member Since:

Nov 13, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

St George Marathon 2008 = 3:05

Boston Marathon 2009 = 3:07

Seattle Rock and Roll Marathon 2010 = 3:07 (in Five Fingers Bikilas)

1500 meters this summer = 4:36

Ran 30 miles on my 30th birthday (Feb 7 2010)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 3 hours in the marathon

Run a trail ultra

 Find a way to run high mileage without injuring myself. My current theory is that transitioning out of my super-cushioned shoes into more minimalist shoes or bare feet will help improve my form and make this possible.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a 100 mile race.

Personal:

I am happily married to Jenni. We have three energetic little boys who also enjoy to run. Jenni and I are both going to try learning how to run without shoes this year.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Barefoot Lifetime Miles: 11.00
FiveFingers Lifetime Miles: 118.00
New Balance 790 Lifetime Miles: 128.00
Inov 8 Roclite 295 Lifetime Miles: 3.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Today I put a theory to the test: my foot injury occurred because I ran too fast with a crowd of shoe-wearers, which caused my form to get sloppy. If I ran slowly and focused on using good form, then doing a long run in my fivefingers would be ok, even though I'm kind of still recovering.

 I decided this was sound logic, and against Jenni's urgings not to, I took off for a long run in my fivefingers. I started off with 3.5 miles around the top of Queen Anne hill. My foot was a little stiff to start out, but it loosened up and actually felt better after a few miles. I stayed right at an 8:00 pace, which allowed me to focus on using good form. I was feeling great at this point, but I didn't want to push it, so I ran down to a dirt track and did 4 miles on the track. I figured this would be a little easier on the feet than the pavement. I still felt great after that, so I kept going and did another 3 miles around the hill.

This run really felt like a breakthrough for me. Lessons learned: don't try to go too fast before you've learned good form, and sometimes running can work the kinks out of a sore foot. I am actually writing this entry the day after, and my foot feels better than it has in weeks. So, needless to say I am very excited once again about my fivefingers.

FiveFingers Miles: 10.00
Comments
From Aaron Kennard on Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 20:01:45 from 174.51.250.151

Nice!! That's awesome Danny. I'm glad to hear about the breakthrough, that has to be motivating. And 8 min pace is great for the time being, especially for 10 miles. I noticed that I have had to keep my pace overall slower since starting to run barefoot and in ff's in order to stay feeling good. The past couple days I have had slight stiffness in the feet like that and it felt good to warm up for a couple miles really slow, like 9 min pace. Good job breaking through!

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