Barefoot Reading Parkrun Three (4 Comments)
Headed out for my third Reading Parkrun on my own this morning. My wife hasn't been sleeping too well, so I left her in bed this morning whilst I went off on another of my barefoot adventures.
I had a relatively good run today. I had intended on running at a consistent pace in the region of 3:48 to 3:54, but after a relatively quick first kilometre (I still don't go out gently enough), I started feeling a bit tired and settled in at a more relaxed pace. Finished off with a fast last km with a near-sprint at the end. Still managed a sub-20 so I'm happy. This run also tipped me over the 400km of running this year.
I'm running the Forest Five on Wednesday evening (probably in huaraches rather than barefoot as it's all offroad) and I'm on the early shift again next week, so I may not be up for another Parkrun next week, but I'll see how I feel.
This weeks results:
Time: 19:52
Overall Position: 12 / 122
Age Category Position: 2nd
4 Comments
Hi Colin,
What's the surface like there? I find surfaces of small gravelly (?) stones OK, and bigger fist-size stones can be avoided, but the annoying in-between sizes can be a bit challenging!
Paul
The surface in this section is a combination of small and "in-between" stones with the odd big one. Thankfully this gravel section isn't very long so it's easy to keep up the extra-light-footed-ness needed before heading back onto the grass. Most of the gravel parts of this run are flanked by grass. This is the one section where it's not. Of the 5km, about 200m is unavoidable gravel and stones so a very good run for barefoot.
Cheers Colin. The 'being light-footed' learning curve is a very steep one!
Paul
Indeed and it still bites me when I'm tired, but the more I run, the easier I find it is to keep it up.
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