Okay, I admit it. I'm a wuss. The weather has been cold and/or damp lately when I run (plus my runs have been at 4:00 AM due to a work shcedule change) and I havent run barefoot in two weeks. I suck. And I was doing well too - was up to almost 5 miles comfortably a couple times a week.
I just dont like running and having my feet turn numb on me. I did it a few times, but once they are numb it is just miserable and I dont want to run any more. Maybe I need to get my Vibrams (not till X-mas though).
Just griping. It looks nice todya, maybe at lunch I will drop the shoes for at least a few miles.
Barefoot and happy
It's not wussing out. Or were you really planning to run barefoot all winter, in Massachusetts? My first season I didn't last much into November.
However, if you don't run barefoot today, you're a wuss. It's 67 and sunny right now. I'm not conditioned for this weather anymore, it felt like 80.
http://www.barefootrunner.com/2009/03/review-wateraqua-shoes/
I took this advice and found some similar shoes at a big sporting goods store for $10. They're great. I can run on pretty much anything, I run straight over broken glass every day, and the only trouble I've had were some small blisters on my toes when I first started using them.