Got up at 6:45. Ran 4.5 barefoot on grass. Went to staff training at LVDC, but the camp director asked me to put something on my feet. I had to wear flip-flops for some of the time, but I removed them whenever we were seated and when I was with my own staff separated from the rest of the staff. Got home about 4 PM and cut my grass barefoot. Went for a second run about 6 miles, barefoot, 5 miles of it was on the road. And I was going quite fast. Like I felt like I can do a race barefoot without damage, given roads that have some decent pavement. I might try to run the 5K Summer Series XC race tonight barefoot. I have done a lot of barefoot running in Donaldson Park at this point, but I will have to checkout the course and make a final decision. It would be very cool to run a fast XC race, maybe place in my age group barefoot.
When I cut the grass barefoot, my feet get green. When I followed the grass cutting with the run on pavement, the green coating wore off and left my feet with some strange coloration effects. I took some photos of them. Am I weird for photographing my bare feet? It is kind of a fossil record of my runs. I used to examine the wear patterns and the extent of wear on the bottom of my running shoes. I don't seem to do that much anymore....
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I think you need a pumice stone to get the crap out of your foot crevices.
I know they are clean but...
On 6/19/06, Michele wrote:
"Does anyone have any suggestions for getting their feet thouroughly clean? After running for as little as half a mile on the streets in my neighborhood, it is almost impossible to remove all of the grime. Even the pumice soap that I use to clean up after I paint has a hard time with it."
My response: Soap and a washcloth and a lot of elbow grease seem to work for me. In the shower, I do my feet last, so they have a lot of soak time before the scrubbing. But I am a guy and perhaps I have different standards. I feel that dirty feet from running barefoot are a good thing. See this entry.
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