I was considering doing another mile time trial this past weekend, but ended up just doing a fartlek run with B instead. She downloaded a training podcast from Nike’s “Sport Music” series called My Best 10K: Beginner by former college coach Jay Johnson. It was a 30-minute workout that included 2 speed sessions of 2 and 5 minutes intermixed with a more relaxed running pace and a short break for some lunges. B listened to the music and told me when to pick it up and when to slow it down. It was probably about 3 miles in total.
Overall it was a good run, but I did feel a slight twinge in my right knee (possibly my IT band - but I’ve never hurt that before, so I’m not really familiar with IT band pain). It was very mild, but thought I should mention it so I can monitor any little aches or pains I feel along the way. My achilles and calves are still pretty sore today, so I definitely haven’t made it past the initial achilles/calf soreness of forefoot striking.
I still get a lot of questions about why you’d want to run in a barefoot style, so I’ll add a few more specific reasons with some videos in a future post. Stay tuned.
This blog is boring. Why not add some drama to it by getting injured or something?