So, I do some googling the next day and discover that barefoot running has quite the cult following. Testimonials claim that it solves a multitude of problems by improving the stride and strengthening the foot. It’s not like they’re selling anything, so I assume they’re telling the truth :D I’m convinced it’s worth a shot- people have run 100 mile ultramarathons with little to no footcover. Today I had planned to run in the 5-fingers, but since they didn’t work out, I just went for it barefoot. I did, however, carry a pair of shoes with me just in case I got to a section of road or trail that would hurt to run over. Good thing, too, because the trail I ran to from my house, though short, was pretty gravelly, and I ended up slipping my shoes on for the length of it. All in all, I probably ran 3 or 4 miles. How do I feel? Well, this is the first time I’ve run lately with absolutely NO lower leg pain. I have a couple of blisters on my toes, and the skin on the bottom of my feet is a little tender, but, all in all, no worse for wear. I’m pretty stoked. I’m looking forward to toughening my feet up a bit & getting over the “blister” stage. Updates to follow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I went for a run today. Barefoot. It all started last week when I was out on the trail, and my lower legs were hurting like a beyotch. For some reason, I got the urge to take my shoes off & see if maybe it would give me some relief (usually sore lower legs are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Uq-61","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI also discovered the Vibram 5-Fingers shoe<\/a>, which a lot of barefooters use as an excuse for shoes in everyday life and\/or running in areas where bare feet may not be ideal. I ordered a pair, and they came in today. However, even though I measured according to Vibram’s site, they’re way too big for me, and I’m going to have to return them.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.vibramfivefingers.com\/products\/images\/products\/102\/\/large.jpg\")
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