My legs are tired. My long run was cut short and I barely ran yesterday. Today was better -- I decided to try some speed work and it went okay. Although by the end of today's run I thought I might be getting shin splints. So I'm just full of complaints. But it FINALLY stopped raining, so that's nice!

Ojo - I seem to be hungry as ever. Nothing gets rid of my appetite though. _________ I had a good last week. 35 total miles with the following hard(ish) workouts: Sunday - 5 X 1K @ goal 10K pace with 1:30 recovery. Tuesday - 4 X 40 second striders inside a slow pace run. Saturday I ran a 5K in 20:21. Results just posted today. My garmin had 20:26, but I'll go with the posted results. It's a bit faster. Good running all

Nice run, Jeff. My week's been good... and interesting. I switched over to barefoot running on my treadmill, and only one run since 4/14 has had any shoes. That one was a trail run (I have no calluses!), and I basically ran in hard-soled slippers ("kung fu" shoes). The neuroma's mostly taken care of, but still twinges from time to time. It HURTS to run in the metatarsal pads the podiatrist put on my orthotics, so I've just been running without shoes. Hey, it's working. I dropped back to just 1 mile for a bit to give my feet & ankles some time to adjust, and have come back up to my 1.55 mile runs again. The only feet issue I'm having while running now (barefoot) is some blisters. I have NO calluses as I've spent almost my whole life in shoes. I noticed last run that 1.55 miles every day no longer seems long. In fact, it's starting to feel a bit short again. I expect I'll be lengthening that again soon - as soon as I feel confident in my feet. I also am now sure that streaking has given me the motivation to keep training through this latest injury. It's represented a huge change in training strategy for me, but so far has resulted in much more consistent training. I was having fun with graphing last week, and made this (and have shared it in multiple places, ha ha ha) graph of my daily run distances for the last 6 months: Easy to see where I started streaking. And I've had no NEW injuries since starting. So I am very pleased with the results so far. I recognize that it's very little running compared with other streakers here, but it is the most that I've been able to do, consistently, without injury, in a very long time and I LOVE it!!! I even love it enough to respect it and be gentle with the mileage increases.

Thanks guys. I was happy with the run, but now that I am sitting at my desk my legs are screaming at me "What the hell did you do?" Speaking of barefoot runners, I saw one while I was out this morning finishing up my run. He was plodding along at a nice easy pace and I thought his stride looked a little weird. When I pulled up closer I noticed he had no shoes on. He looked like he was struggling with it a bit. I told him he was a tougher man than I am because I need my thick rubber soles to protect my feet when I run. He smiled, said thanks and then I continued on my run.

Have you guys been able to hold the same pace for barefoot running versus shoed running?

Not sure. I never tried. I did some (not much) barefoot running in the beginning of the year - just a mile to a mile and a half in the evenings on the treadmill a few times a week. I kept my pace down. Normally for an easy pace I would set it at 7.2mph (8:19 pace) but I kept it at 6-6.5mph for the barefoot running.

Hi everyone! I've been lurking for awhile and finally decided to join you. My streak started March 2. I'm painfully slow - but I'm trying not to focus on that. For now I'm trying to increase my mileage and avoid injury. I've found the streaking keeps me from getting so tight and sore - and it is getting much easier. I'm running my first race on Saturday with DH. My goal is to not finish last - which should be doable, since they allow walkers on the course!

Have you guys been able to hold the same pace for barefoot running versus shoed running?

All my barefoot runs have been on a treadmill. Mostly 9:00 pace, sometimes 9:30, and a few 10:00 pace. Those are the only paces I run on my treadmill, so I can answer I run the same pace as when I wear shoes. I have gone for two barefoot walks outside. One time the ground was cold and my feet hurt because of it. The other time it was wet and small pebbles kept sticking to the bottom of my feet, causing pain. I am going to run outside barefoot, but I don't think I would be able to run tempo/race pace.