New 10K PR!  

Thanks! I wanted to break 55 minutes, but with this hilly course that would have taken a miracle even without the foot pain. I did meet the goal I came up with though when my foot was hurting initially, that I would be happy if I could just run the thing at a better time than my last one and not having to stop and walk (which so far I've never done during a race other than the marathon, knocking furiously on wood here).

I think I would have had a lot of fun on the barefoot one in the sand, but on an injury any race in the sand would have been a bad idea so I am glad I did this 10K instead. Plus, it was fairly scenic and in a beautiful area.

Missed it by 3 minutes! Damn! But with an injury and a very hill course I am still very proud and you should be too.and you didn't catch cold! By the way, did you find a sunscreen that worked? If not, look for Coppertone Sport. I saw a commerical and it may work. Thanks for explaining . Now I understand. When is you next race?

Yeah, 55 minutes would have been a hard pace for me... but I may try to beat it sometime this summer on a flat or mostly flat course. And yes, I'm definitely glad I didn't catch a cold again! Or get a fever like on the marathon.

I still haven't found a sunscreen that works, I'll try that Coppertone Sport. I'm going to the beach next month in the heat of the day where I will absolutely need sunscreen for the group run.

My next race should be 4th of July, the one mile. I've got to recover a bit. I'm still considering barefoot, but only if I can reach the same speed. I'm thinking I'll end up wearing shoes. But I'll do some barefoot training anyway because right now barefoot will be easier with the hurt foot. This week should be an easy training week.

Ok. So you have a month and a few days to train and heal! Do you have the best shoes for running? If barefoot feels better then it maybe the shoes.

I'm sure I don't have the absolute best shoes out there, but I've tried several and so far I only really like the Nike Free shoes. I may try their new one if I start training more and these wear out.

Just be careful on it. I know some people will still run with it, but you should definitely be putting heat on it and making sure you're only doing easy runs (no intervals or hill repeats).

Eek! I am excited for you!

To give you an idea of comparison of 5K and 10K paces, the 1st 10K I did I was 40 seconds slower per mile (the 5K was one month before). And this 2nd 10K I did 50 seconds slower per mile, but the 10K course was way more hilly than the 5K I had done earlier in the month.

If you did your last 5K more than a month ago though, you may have improved enough to not have such a large gap.

Have you looked at huarches? Like barefoot Ted wears sometimes? Those are pretty open for the hot weather.

My feet used to get more hot than they do now, I think as I've gotten in better shape I sweat less.

Thanks!!

Yeah, I definitely enjoy good surprises. Today I surprised myself again, I'm still somewhat sore but I had to do a mile run test. Managed to bust out an 8:11 mile. My fastest mile yet. Painful, but I'm hopeful that if I can do that when sore, I can do a faster mile at the mile race.