For now, a couple of random thoughts:
Vibram Five Fingers running is going well. I think Josh and I are both improving without really noticing it, until we look back at where we started. For those who don't know, we abruptly and completely switched to wearing five fingers on all of our runs (ok I ran road races in my Asics Hyperspeeds cause my feet aren't used to pavement...in shoes or not). We had a really good run last night and started talking about how now we can pretty much just run without worrying about feet hurting too much. Our run was about 8 miles of rocks, a little pavement and cement, hard packed dirt, mud, soft dirt, sand, leaves, etc. Every once in awhile one of us still steps on a rock but for the most part things are going well. I also have tendonitis in my right foot but its pretty mild so I'm just going to wait it out (while still running of course). One thing we both agree on: running in VFFs is super fun! I love my natural stride!! Barefoot would be even better but I'll work on this for now. Check out Josh's review on his blog.
On the bodyboarding front: I haven't surfed in socal for over two months. I guess I knew this would happen eventually. Its just not the place for me when it comes to waves. For many many reasons. Especially when I went home, got good waves, and remembered what waves used to be like, even when I was first learning. I just don't like getting sick from the ocean, having the majority of sessions never require a real drop, and the freeways to get there. Sooo instead I watched the Eddie Aikau contest online. This was a bad plan. It reminded me of another kind of wave riding that I haven't seen in over two years. It was just too surreal at the time. Not waves as big as during the Eddie, but the same kind of people surfing waves closer to that category of surfing than HB. Ah well its nice to have a reminder that the memories are real and not just me going insane which is how it seems sometimes.
Okay back to work...(yay I have a cool job!)
2 comments:
Glad to see another pair of runners taking the plunge into minimalist shoe running! It really is hard to describe the joy that comes from connecting with the ground under your feet. You really should give barefoot a try... it is even better!
-Jason Robillard
I have run barefoot on the beach and grass, but living in LA I am kind of hesitant to really get into it. Do you have any experience with running technical trails barefoot? We're definitely considering it. I used to run barefoot in Sydney (on cement!) and had to extract little pieces of glass from my feet almost daily.
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