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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Ol’ tenderfoot

Not really though. I ran 3.45k today completely shoeless. It was my first night of barefoot training. I have tried it before, as a lark, but never before because I meant to. I meant to tonight. there, I said it. I have now started barefoot training. My baby soft soles need a little toughening up, but other than that, I feel really good. My pace was 7min/km. It’s a nice easy pace for me to get started.

I want to be called Barefoot Zee.

Is that too corny? I’m Neil, should I be Barefoot Neil? Can I be Barefoot Zee? That kinda makes me a loser doesn’t it, making my own new nickname.

Nope. I’ll be Barefoot Neil Z. ok

On July 13th I start a 12 week program culminating in a 1/2 marathon. For the next few weeks, until the official training starts, I will be practicing and toughening. Does anyone have some extra carpet tacks I can run on? Maybe a hot bed of coals…

wish me luck in my new barefootery ninjanery.

5 comments:

  1. Cool! About to do my barefoot update too.
    it feels good, doesn't it?

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  2. Better than tacks:
    http://therunningbarefoot.com/?page_id=455

    Deciding to go with the "Barefoot" title is a tough call; it's hard to go back, and it does induce a bit of eye-rolling. But then, who cares. Welcome to the community of folks who like how the ground feels on the soles and have a predilection for goofy titles.

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  3. I'm going to try some barefoot running the week after my first half marathon (this Saturday).

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  4. Josh is right about alter-egos. In my overzealousness as I got into running barefoot I assumed the Barefoot Chris moniker. I even created a travelogue-Blog. But I have decided to run in Vibrams now so I shamefully had to drop my new name. I opted for Vibram Chris, but more as a bit of a joke than something I would silk screen onto t-shirts or detail on the side of the family van.
    I kept the blog rolling as the journey has changed but continues.
    Good luck on your efforts. Read the link Josh provided. And enjoy Josh's site as well.

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  5. How about "That Krazee Kanadian"?

    Good luck with it, BF Zee.

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