{"id":38,"date":"2009-09-02T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T14:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/wordpress\/uncategorized\/barefoot-running-update\/"},"modified":"2010-03-05T15:44:16","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T23:44:16","slug":"barefoot-running-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/outside\/barefoot-running-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Barefoot running update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo alignleft\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.idealistcafe.com\/images\/uploaded\/barefoot-sand.jpg\" alt=\"Barefoot - Footprints in the sand\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Footprints in the sand &#8211; Photo credit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/apidya\/315142096\/\" target=\"_blank\">Apidya<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The running, and more specifically the barefoot running, hasn&#8217;t been going as quickly as I would like.  I am still nursing a sore calf, so any progress is limited as I can only comfortably run 2-3 days per week, and only for 20-30 minutes at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I have been lagging in getting to the store to get a pair of water socks to start running in.  I read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barefootrunner.com\/2009\/03\/5-things-to-look-for-in-shoes\/\" target=\"_blank\">water socks<\/a> are actually <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barefootrunner.com\/2009\/03\/review-wateraqua-shoes\/\" target=\"_blank\"> great minimalist running shoes<\/a>, which around here I really need since barefoot is hardly an option, unless I make it down to the beach.  (There isn&#8217;t a whole lot of soft grass in San Diego.)  The theory behind the water socks is that they provide a fair amount of protection against objects on the ground, but don&#8217;t provide any real support and don&#8217;t encourage heel striking, which is what would be avoided going barefoot.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday morning though, I got in a nice 5-10 minute barefoot run and it felt <b>great<\/b>! After my 20 minute run which was split between concrete sidewalks and a short canyon trail near my house, I went down to the ball field at the Rec Center, and did a few laps around the field.  The best part was that I did a couple sprints, and I have never felt better or lighter sprinting! (Though my conditioning leaves a little to be desired)<\/p>\n<p>Near the end of the barefoot session, I did notice the pads of my feet were beginning to get sore, which is good I suppose.  This means I am on my way to toughening them up. And now, about 36 hours later, I do have some soreness in my arches and calves, but have come to understand this is a normal symptom when you first go out without the support of shoes.  Hopefully I can continue this training, get my feet to strenghten up, and maybe by the time they are ready to go 20-30 minutes I will have a pair of water socks that I can use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo excerpt alignleft\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.idealistcafe.com\/images\/uploaded\/barefoot-sand.jpg\" alt=\"Barefoot - Footprints in the sand\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Footprints in the sand &#8211; Photo credit Apidya<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The running, and more specifically the barefoot running, hasn&#8217;t been going as quickly as I would like.  I am still nursing a sore calf, so any progress is limited as I can only comfortably run 2-3 days per week, and only for 20-30 minutes at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I have been lagging in getting to the store to get a pair of water socks to start running in.  I read water socks are actually  great minimalist running shoes, which around here I really need since barefoot is hardly an option, unless I make it down to the beach.  (There isn&#8217;t a whole lot of soft grass in San Diego.)  The theory behind the water socks is that they provide a fair amount of protection against objects on the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/outside\/barefoot-running-update\/\" style=\"font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><br \/>[<span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:.9em;\">links and styling have been removed in the excerpt, read more to see complete content<\/span>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[64],"tags":[6,8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352,"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}