Day 2

Well today was day two of my adventure, and an adventure it was. I woke up and my feet, to my amazement, felt prety good there was a slight burning sensation still, but nothing really bad. So I decided I would go walk some trails, and it was an awsome experience. It had just got done raining so the trails were wet and had some mud holes to walk threw, what a great felling that is. Mud going threw the toes kinda tickled my feet, but felt really good. As I walked threw the woods I kinda felt like I had went back in time, like it was just me and the ground nothing in between us, and I felt like I could walk forever. There was only a minor set back to this trail walking and that was all the little rocks and stones. Today I pretty much just walked, but there was a couple times I did a light jog but nothing much. Now that Im home I can feel a little burn in the lower calf muscles. And of course the bottom of my feet burn. Well that concludes day two of my journey.

2.8 miles of OUCH

The Picture above shows my feet after my first time out.

"OUCH" is all I have to say my feet fell like there on fire right now.

It was a cool and pleasant morning, a wonderful day to go on a walk. Got up put on my shirt and some shorts, and left the shoes and socks behind. What am I getting myself into, is what I thought as my first foot hit the pavement. It was like instant pain, but beside the pain it actually felt nice to go out without shoes on. I went on a 2.8 mile walk witch took me roughly 45 min to complete, and during that walk I took a run for roughly 8 min. While I was running I tried to just relax and run like I had been doing it my whole life, it seemed like I was doing every thing right. I had some pain in my left ankle, on the tops of my feet, and the bottom, and a little in my shins other than that it was great. I also tried to measure my cadance, wich is how many steps you take in a minute, It was approxamatly 190 steps. How I figured it out was count everytime my right foot hit the ground for 1 min and then multiply it by 2. Towards the end of my walk it felt like I had needles going into my feet every time I stepped down. Now that I have sat down and have been typing this up, every time I get out of the chair I can barly walk, not even 30 mins of rest and my feet are killing me. Hopefully I dont get giant blisters. Probably going to rest it out tomarow.

Post run results:

Milage---2.8

Time--- 45min

Walking Time--- 37 min

Running Time--- 8min

Cadence--- 190

WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST BAREFOOT EXPERIENCE LIKE?

Old Armenia Shoe

I found this acticle on this old shoe worn by the Armenia people, and thought it was worth posting.

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer Randolph E. Schmid, Ap Science Writer

WASHINGTON – About 5,500 years ago someone in the mountains of Armenia put his best foot forward in what is now the oldest leather shoe ever found.

It'll never be confused with a penny loafer or a track shoe, but the well-preserved footwear was made of a single piece of leather, laced up the front and back, researchers reported Wednesday in PLoS One, a journal of the Public Library of Science.

Worn and shaped by the wearer's right foot, the shoe was found in a cave along with other evidence of human occupation. The shoe had been stuffed with grass, which dated to the same time as the leather of the shoe — between 5,637 and 5,387 years ago.

The Journey Begins

So a few days ago my cousin came over and he brought something up that caught my attention. He said "Have you ever heard of barefoot running?" Which got me wandering what it was all about, so I started reserching. I immediately went out and bought the book "Born To Run" by: Christopher McDougall, which I am currently half way through, and am finding to be a very good and informative book. After what I have read in "Born To Run" and numerus websites I think I am ready to give barefoot running a try.