In case you thought I was kidding about the whole running barefoot thing I submit this photo for your inspection (click to enlarge). This is after a two mile run today. What you are looking at is a callus on top of a blister, on top of a blister. The top blister may be a blood blister but I’m not really interested in finding out. As long as it stays intact, I’m going to leave it alone. From what I’ve read, blisters are not unexpected and are a sign that you aren’t doing it right. The solution? Do it right. Now if only I knew how to do that, but the whole point in going completely barefoot is to let my body tell me. Needless to say, I’m ready to listen.
Update: Don’t worry the blister is much better. And yeah, it wa
s a blood blister apparently.
Do it right… You mean put on shoes?
I do currently have three perfectly good pairs of running shoes.
Yeah, well, okay JR. I have kept pretty quiet about this, not wanting to fuel the fire, but we all think this is a silly idea. You know that shoes have been around for a long time and for good reason? Long before the concrete surfaces you are going to be running on? Even poor little Emy has to agree that shoes are a good thing. I put her in the jump-a-roo while I did dishes yesterday. She was barefoot and was fussing, yet I finished the pots and pans. When I was rocking her in the chair I found she had blisters on her toes from jumping on the vinyl floor. We would consider it a sign of intelligence if you put on your shoes.
I’m really quite surprised. Both in the fact that you kept quiet this long before calling me out as an idiot. And that you actually put Emy down for that long. Just remember, I’m the smart one in the family.
As you may have noticed, I’ve been working on the blog and I need to post a test comment. So a quick update is that I’ve run barefoot again a couple of times and the blister issue seems to be better. However, I did land on a rock which still hurts. I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to run on a gravel trail.