Hi, I’ve been tweeting everything that I eat since the 1st Jan, but I realised that old tweets get lost, so I’ve started this blog and it should get updated daily with the day’s tweets for posterity. If I can figure out how to get back my old tweets, I will.
When I started running barefoot, I had problems with twisting between landing and lift-off. This led to a few blisters at the front of the ball of foot, between the big and second toes. This had been coined the “Valley of the Kings” blister on the huaraches Google Group. I have mostly cured this problem… Read More »
After my short, but successful walk, my wife wanted some things from the shop so I threw on some sweatpants, a fleece, jacket, gloves and hat and ran up and down stairs a few times and did a few potty squats to warm up before running to the shop. As it was about -2 degrees… Read More »
Wait, there’s some nutter out here walking barefoot? The wife and I took our son out for a walk in his buggy (stroller) to get him to sleep. It is a crisp, clear night, a little below freezing. I decided to slip off my shoes and try going bare for a bit. I had to… Read More »
To my chagrin, this was the first run in a month (since the Halloween 5K Nite Run). It’s been bitterly cold the last few days, and due to get worse, although we have escaped snow so far. It was around freezing so I tried the tips from Barefoot Owen at http://www.meetup.com/Chicago-Area-Barefoot-Running/boards/view/viewthread?thread=10093236 I normally wear fairly… Read More »
The Halloween 5K Nite Run was registered with runbritain.com, so I now have a very modest handicap: http://www.runbritainrankings.com/runners/profile.aspx?athleteid=352403 runbritain’s revolutionary new handicap scoring system is designed to give road runners of all abilities the ability to benchmark their progress and compare their results across a range of distances and terrains.
Harry, over at Barefoot Ted’s mailing list has written a great post about the marathon. He makes a very valid point. I am pretty sure that I could just about stagger through a marathon right now. It might take me 8 hours, and calling it running might be debatable, but I have covered over 26.2 miles… Read More »
http://www.halloween5niterun.co.uk/ A lot of fun, I feel comfortable that I’ve set a low PR with my first ever timed 5K. It was dark, muddy and slippery for a lot of the course, and parts were narrow which made it difficult to pass people when I wanted to. I started right at the very back, because… Read More »
To update Hannah’s progress somewhat… The Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) at Royal Berks were great at taking care of Hannah during the 8 days she was in the hospital. Work were excellent at giving me time off to deal with it all and family rallied around to help us out. The first consultant did a… Read More »
This year, I planted a few different squash and pumpkins, hopefully early enough to actually mature. Last year our one pumpkin of any size was still green at the end of the growing season. I also built a teepee type thing for beans and to get the gourds to grow up. I’d been looking at… Read More »