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Little, Often & Faster? or Longer, Fewer & Slower?
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This site is completely wacky, but the point is, with a bit of practice, it eventually feels quite nice; it is good strenghtening work; and eventually what shoes you wear seem to matter less.
I also never wear socks in my racers (so, 2 or 3 times a week), and consequently, the skin of my feet seems to have hardened enough that I never get blisters (or even if I do, they don't seem to bother me). I would really prefer not to wear socks all the time if it weren't for the stench!!
Two things:
1) 10K isn't that short (for me)
2) I haven't run many races but I take pride in the fact that I die (at some stage) in all of them which gives me the satisfaction of having made a suitable effort. (Barefoot running just sounds like a quicker way of speeding up the process!)
re Sports Days, I came last in the 50m sprint at our village sports day (50 ms - pah!) shortly after doing the Stockholm marathon, you can imagine my dismay, being known as a marathon runner!
If you go through half-way in half your finishing time (or even a little slower than that) and then collapse at the finish, then you know you've done it right...
You'll need a variety of long slow jogs, tempo runs and speedwork to achieve that (well, either that or sheer luck!), as well as a very calm head and a good sense of pace...
you're sensible... tell him!
my free pair caused me blistres too
Brilliant! I tried it tonight; it popped all my blisters!
Tip of the week this!