Since I last posted my knee has gotten much better. It no longer hurts when I run!!! Woot!! Loving that. Getting into a good groove running has been hard though. With our DNS of the Hypothermic Half there was really no huge momentum in training. Combine that with cold snowy weather and I just wasn't feeling it. However we now have a couple races in mind for the year including the Edmonton marathon in 23 weeks. Which means marathon training starts now. Looking forward to getting back into the swing of things for that.
Other things of note since I last wrote.... Let's see. Oh yeah. There was the one time that I was running in my water shoes around the neighborhood. It was a little icy out and I was running in the dark. Going along at a good clip when all of a sudden I kicked something with my foot and almost went down. Turns out there was a huge chunk of ice on the ground that was frozen to the sidewalk. When I kicked it, it didn't move. Ouch. Pretty sure that I broke my toe with that one. Thankfully it wasn't hurt bad enough to stop running. Laff
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| Nice big hard ice chunk. My water shoes offered me no protection. |
Another warm day I went for a barefoot run and overdid it a little. Managed to get in 8 miles barefoot. Felt fantastic. However it was still a little cold out and so my feet were a little more numb than they should have been. This led to a little sloppy form and a huge blood blister across my right foot. Silly me, however I had so much fun going barefoot.
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| Mmmmm, blisters. |
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| Had them for a little bit. Ah well |
Other than that in terms of new shoes there hasn't been too much change. I got my pair of Neo Trails that I was lusting after but then returned them after realizing that I wouldn't really use them enough to justify having them. Instead I got a pair of Stem Footwear (now Leming Footwear). My Lemings are now my absolutely favorite pair of shoes ever. Great casual shoe, fun running shoe. I will post a review of them shortly.
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| My new favorite shoes. Sooo nice. |
OUCH!!!!!! I do not run barefoot in the winter AT ALL! I can't stand feeling like my feet are freezing.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear the knee is better! Also, those Lemings look pretty cool...look forward to the review!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the knee is feeling better too!!! I don't usually barefoot unless it's warm enough. I'm not hardcore and the colder it is, the easier I find it is to get injured without noticing.
ReplyDeleteJeff, I will definitely get a review up very soon. I will say now that I highly recommend them. Oh and just to let you know Robbie did get her Invisible Shoes. She tried them out for a bit on the treadmill and they worked well. Although we still have to figure out how to best tie them.