Total Distance
401 Km
Target: 395 Km
Total Time
45:06 Hrs
Elevation
5,157m
Training log – View here
How did the month go?
Following on from the article I wrote here on changing my foot strike from heel to mid / forefoot I have been working a lot on incorporating barefoot and neutral styles in to my distance as well as strength and conditioning exercises – you can the latest addition to the shoe stable in the form of the Inov-8 TerraUltra 260’s above… purchased for half price which is nice!
It has been a solid month of training and getting the weekly distance up to just shy of the 100Km mark which is a big achievement for me. Shin pain is gone but needing to keep the quads / calves stretched a lot to keep the knee niggles down to a minimum.
Trying to chuck more trail and vertical distance in to the mix has been a focus as well which with the recent relaxing of lock down rules has allowed me to occasionally drive to somewhere a bit more hilly than the flats of Worcester.
Interesting observation this month though as been my feet and blisters – So I have run quite a bit and got the skin on my feet used to certain distances fairly ok bar the odd blister here and there but since changing my strike pattern a bit more it has lead to using parts of my foot that I didn’t use much before. So the skin around my heels and outside ball of my feet are pretty strong, supple but relatively blister repellant. Since using more of my forefoot I have been battling more blister / hot spots on the inside ball of my feet and toes. I guess this is to be expected but something I am going to have to factor in to the forefoot running journey that I did not previously expect.
Now go on, just f’ing run!
