Showing posts with label barefeet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label barefeet. Show all posts

20120515

Barefoot running and Reflexology

There is divided opinion on whether reflexology "works".  But no-one denies that foot massage is enjoyable and is highly sensual indeed sexual.  When you run bare foot you get foot massage for free.  Check out:

http://runbarefootgirl.com/2011/08/is-it-about-sex/
http://reflexologylive.blogspot.com/2010/01/barefoot-running-and-ground-awareness.html
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/threads/reflexology.6081/

20120508

Running bare feet and tinned milk

I have a sore toe.  It is sore because it had a splinter which I hope I fully removed last night.  It had a splinter because I run bare foot.  It is a price to pay.

On the bright side I enjoyed "tinned milk" (evaporated milk) on my cereal this morning.  The art is to mix the right quantity of neat tinned milk with the normal (full fat) milk.  Talking of which, why do people pay as much for low fat milk as for normal (full fat) milk?  It ought to be cheaper.

20120503

Running bare feet 4

At last some slightly warmer weather.  I did the forest circuit bare foot again first thing this morning.  This is the first time this year at this time of day.


Here is some practical advice for would be barefoot runners.


Could it be that one's feet are softer after a night's sleep?

It is true that I run slower bare foot than shod when the surface is iffy and that I tend to land on the full foot to spread the load.  This is bad, but I figure that if I don shoes for those hard parts my feet will never harden.

It is also true that on short grass (or sand, or very smooth pavement but grass is best) my feet tend to rise so that I both land and spring off from the ball of my foot, and this greatly increases my speed now that my calf muscles are beginning to adapt.  My body tells me that this is how I am meant to run: it feels good, it lifts you up a couple of inches, it feels more efficient.

Never take your eyes off the ground ahead for more than a moment.  Something caught my eye on the horizon today and my eyes dwelt on it just too long and my left foot landed on a thistle.