Someone asked for more details about my Merrell Pace Glove ‘barefoot’ shoes. I’ve tried them barefoot but don’t love the sweaty feeling, so I prefer to wear them with thin socks. They are form-fitting enough that there’s not enough room for thick socks, and I like to lace them loose for the most flexibility...
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Just a quick running update this morning. After having lots of trouble with shinsplints and plantar fasciitis during my first year of running, I switched shoes and since the fall have been very gradually easing into the Merrell Pace Gloves. I love them. The lack of cushioning gives constant feedback which encourages me to...
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Over Thanksgiving I found myself talking about running quite often with family members who wanted to know how my running was going. (Short answer: great, but I’m easing into my new minimalist shoes SLOWLY.) Most were surprised to hear that after foot injury I’d decided to switch to LESS shoe rather than one with...
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I wrote a few days ago about deciding to buy some ‘barefoot’ shoes, specifically the Merrell Barefoot Pace Glove. After so much enjoying a couple of cautious runs sock-foot, I was really hoping that the barefoot shoes would feel that good. I loved the look of them straight out of the box. They are...
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I just bought my 5th pair of running shoes. In 14 months. It just might be an illness. Although I feel really good about the success I’ve had running during this past year, it has not been free of bumps in the road. Over the winter I had shin splints off and on. By...
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Unlike my first 5K in June, I went into this race with some serious goals. I was hoping to finish in 32 minutes. I was also hoping to make my final mile my fastest. Knowing that there’d be things I couldn’t control or predict in the race, I also made a more modest fallback...
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I’ve been trying to decide on a realistic goal for the 5K I am running in a couple weeks. I ran my 5K in June in 34:32, about an 11:07 pace, and I haven’t really been blazing any speed records in my running this summer. It seems like when I try to keep up...
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The other day someone asked, “Do you actually LIKE running now? I mean, while you’re actually doing it? Or do you just do it for the results?” I had to pause when thinking how to answer her, because the answer really is yes. And no. And sometimes both at the same time. To explain...
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It was cool out when my alarm rang at 5:20 Saturday morning. My race didn’t start til 8:30, but runners had been instructed to arrive by 7. So just after the sun rose John and I were off with our youngest two kids in tow. I’d had coffee and a little bit of rice...
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… til my first 5K. I’m hoping to run the See Jane Run 5K in Boise on June 18th- I registered to run it a few months ago. I say ‘hoping’ because I seem to have pounded a bruise (?) on one of my heels, possibly with the blazing speed of my most recent...
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