After yesterday’s rant about shoes, I finally decided to go barefoot for a run & see what happened. I spend most of my time barefoot and run in minimalistic shoes, so I didn’t think it would be much of a transition. It felt great. I ran 4.18 km in the 30 minutes at an average […]
First Barefoot Road Run Read More »
Today I changed up my shoes again and went with the Under Armour Revenants that I ran my marathon in. I don’t run much in them now because they have a lot of cushioning and I don’t want to ingrain bad habits by using them too much. I like to vary my shoes, keeping my
Run Challenge Day 17 Read More »
Today was the earliest I’ve run for a very long time. And on a Sunday too. I started at 7:30 am, to finish before breakfast with my wife’s family. Took Jamie in the pram with me too. Obviously I was slower than the last few days, but a lot faster than last time I took
Day 16 Run Challenge Read More »
Very happy with today’s run. For the first time in my life I broke 6 minute km while keeping my heart rate below 152 bpm. Also, for the first time during this challenge, each km split was under 8 minute km pace! That was even with hills. Ran 4.2 km in the 30 minutes at
Normally I wouldn’t run when there was a sever weather warning issued for my area, but it’s not called a challenge for no reason lol. Even better, despite the crazy winds and heavy downpour while I was running, I managed to finally break the 4 km mark in the 30 minutes. Ended up doing 4.03
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