M|Welsh Design

Holy crap my feet and back hurt

The commute on the bike…1780 miles and counting

Five finger with a partial barefoot run by mikeswelsh at Garmin Connect – Details.

Five Miles with the 5 fingers by mikeswelsh at Garmin Connect – Details.

Morning runs at the park…getting used to the new barefoot shoes

FiveFinger 10mi Cville Loop, lsd recovery run by mikeswelsh at Garmin Connect – Details.

Great run.

Couple of points about the new fivefingers.

1. I never thougth i would be able to hold up for 10 miles
2. I noticed around mile 4-5 i got faster
3. my heart rate flucuated more and stayed lower on average than in sneakers, not sure what the fivefingers had to do with it.
4. I felt my posture change and the running involved more of my core and balance muscles that sneakers do
5. The forefoot striking takes a few miles to adjust but your body adjusts fast…surprised me
6. I felt overall good during and now after the run…the run ended about 40 mins ago.
7. The balls of my feet hurt a little…ill post a pic or two of the shoes later…
8. Most obvious to me and important is what didnt hurt or didnt affect me, hills esp up-hills…I actually felt better up hill and was faster and more sure footed.

So not a conclusive experience but at least it felt better than running in my sneakers…

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Splits kinda so so

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/31997680

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Good run. Humidity and temperature conspire to slow the run down. The crowding didn’t help much either but all in all a fun run. I didn’t really feel like I got into any rhythm on the course…