How Much Discomfort Can I Tolerate?!

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Location:

Eugene,OR,USA

Member Since:

Nov 09, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

  • 5k PR - 18:48 (7/04/08)
  • 8K PR - 33:46 (5/19/07, on trails)
  • 10k PR - I have not run a competitive 10K yet.
  • 12K PR - 50:10 (8/09/08)
  • 15K PR - 1:04:52 (3/22/08)
  • Marathon - Have run 1 trail marathon, (Grand Island) 3:55 (July 2007)
  • Ultra Marathons -
  • Farmdale 33.5 miles, 10/08 - 6:08
  • Riddle Run 28 Miles, 01/09 - 5:35 (run in 2-3 inches of snow)
  • Devil's Lake 50k, 07/09 - 6:22
  • Howl at the Moon 8 hour, 08/09 - 39.98 miles
  • North Country Trail Run 50 miles, 09/09 - 9:44
  • Farmdale 32 miles, 10/09 - 5:45
  • McNotAgain 30 Miles, 10/09 - 5:50
  • Red Rock Canyon Half, Las Vegas, 06/12 - 2:15


Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running in the winter - 1st year in Eugene - fun!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep on Keeping on..

Personal:

Moved to Eugene in Autumn, 2012 - Track city USA!

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Weather - 28 degrees, cloudy, bit of wind and snow.

My photo blog is beginning to include descriptions of my long runs, so I may as well just transfer here what I write there :

Finally had the nerve to try my new minimalist shoes today.

The Nike Waffle Racer is a shoe that is unlike the shoes I have been wearing since I began running. Instead of a cushioned heel and a shoe that takes control of my foot movements, I feel like I am running barefoot with a piece of rubber attached to the bottom of my foot. At first I kept looking down at my feet and thinking, "where's the shoe?".

I loved the "no heel" feel, and I had the odd sensation that I had more cushion on my actual heel than my old shoes did. Once I got to the grass trails I could feel the uneven ground shaping my foot and I thought, "where have these shoes been all my life?"

I ended up doing a full South Farms loop for 13 miles in what seemed to be my bare feet. I was going faster than usual because the shoes allowed me to stride more naturally with my midfoot.

The weather wasn't bad for mid-January : a light dusting of snow, a few patches of ice, a bit of wind, and some hard ground to traverse.

One day is not enough to judge these shoes, but right now I can't wait to get back into them and hit the trails.

When I got home I ordered another pair of shoes, this time the Puma H Streets. I may as well try different types of minimalist shoes and find what works for my feet and what doesn't.

#423

I worked on a picture later in the afternoon of the railyard, exposed a few weeks ago.

 

 

White Oaks at the Railyard


Comments
From JD on Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 22:01:35

Free the heel and the mind will follow!

Those Railyard photos make quite a series.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:57:32

You are very adventurous. I admire you for trying the minimalist shoes. I'm too much of a new runner to have the guts to try something radically different.

From will on Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 21:08:13

JD, that is the plan! :)

Carolyn, I have been running barefoot since April, so I believe my feet are ready to switch to shoes which better fit my body type and style of running.

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