post-ouch

So I'm taking some flak for the whole barefoot running on the track thing. In my defense, I would like to point out that: a) it's a Mondo track which is not nearly as rough as other all-weather tracks, b) one foot was fine so I'm at least half way to being able to run 4 laps comfortably on the track, barefoot, and c) Zola Budd. Ok, ok I'm no Zola Budd.

I did pretty much the same drill routine as yesterday, but I added 2x50reps of hop in place on each leg. As I was doing some short runs after drills, I could actually feel how different and slower my right leg felt compared to my left. It just doesn't pull as quickly. So I thought it would be a good time to add the hop.

Quickening my cadence definitely helped me feel like I was doing things more right. (Thanks for the comment, Shawn.) It's funny because since I started wearing lighter shoes, my cadence improved almost without me trying. Whenever I counted, I was right around 180, even on slow runs. I think my cadence suffered recently because I was thinking too much about Pose stuff while running. I tried to cut that out today.

Unfortunately I didn't get to do my barefoot run because my toe was still kind of painful. It took a fair amount of conscious self control but I quit after half a lap. I could have run through it, but I could picture Pose message board guru, Jack, typing sternly, "too much too soon."

Some miscellaneous notes...

For any achilles tendonitis sufferers out there, the exercises described here, have really helped J.

Check out my junior college coach's ab workout. You've never seen animated gifs used so elegantly before.