I am curious about those trails run in the States and some fell running in the Uk. I see pics about nuttyrunners with their knees well into the water and I like it. But ... what abut the feet? How d´ya manage to keep sole skin in good conditions and avoid blisters, splashing shoes and bad feelings down there?
I tried once in a 50 miler and the organisers lent us some towels but I chose to cross the river with the shoes´n socks round my neck. Options? Compeed stuff? plastic bags?
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I have done long 5 hour marsh covered moor runs/treks with soaking feet from almost the word go. Like everything else you just get used to it - there isnt much point trying to avoid a stream if your running shoes / feet are already wet through.
...and almost all the cross country /fell running at this time of the year over here gives you soaked feet in no time.
On Sunday the first 500m of a cross country half marathon took you through a long unavoidable stretch of ankle deep water. That was followed by 12 odd miles of ankle deep wet mud. Apart from my feet looking very wrinkly when id finished and having to bin a pair of socks there where no other ill effects !
I read somewhere that it is a good trick to get used to walk barefoot (at home, garden, your lane)... for it makes your soleskin somehow stronger. Unless your garden is wet, your street is wet... o guys, it reminds me years in Britain.
It's quite liberating to be able to plough through the mud and the wet and not worry
Roger
The Grizzly
MSD is on the 19th of June this year, I can get you an entry form if you like?
We are really looking forward to Avlia in November, how is it all going? We are planning an ultra run for June (check the link), hopefully we will recover by November!!
Route 66
Avila is fairly good, we have reached the 180 entries and in short time the magic 200 number will be reached (I will bounce the thread up some day). Promise some English translation of the next test training, probably in late March.