Wore mine to the club again tonight. In terms of fit, no problems at all - my feet were comfortable throughout.
Unlike the last time I wore them when it was a gentle 8 mile trot, tonight was a speed session - pyramid 'sprints' 200, 400, 600, 400, 200 metres off a 200 metre recovery, on a hard off-road surface followed by 3 short sprint hill reps.
I could feel my calves tighten, now I did run Wasdale on Saturday, but my legs felt completely recovered from that, so the question I have is how suitable is barefoot running for speed sessions?
The gentle off road warm up felt great - I really do enjoy running easy in them, but at the end, I did feel I had to rein in the last sprint for fear of pulling a calf.
Is it that you need to avoid speed sessions barefoot, or is it that you need to build up slowly by doing gentle off road runs to get the calf muscles used to the lack of cushioning and heel raising that a traditional shoes offer?
Be interested in views...
Dave.
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