Notes
Cheated and ran almost twice as far as I'd planned, but I had 2 good reasons. First, nothing hurt (I can tell I'm still not 100% but I felt MUCH better than I did the last week and a half) and second as I was walking down the hill back to the house I saw Erin starting her run in the other direction so I turned around so I could spend time with her. Had I been hurting at all or had she not been there it would have been another run less than 3 miles.
I was wearing the Merrill's again tonight. This time, I tried running with out socks. The shoes are much easier to get on that way, I noticed. The right foot felt fine throughout the run, but I think I had the left foot laced too tightly. The shoe irritated the top of my foot where it flexes a bit off the end of the joints for the first few miles, although that stopped bugging me shortly after turning around for the second half of the run. The last mile and a half, though, the inside of my foot was getting a bit aggravated, outside the arch. It stopped bugging me when I was walking and started again when I ran. Again, the right foot felt fine so I think it was because I'd laced it tighter.
One thing I like about not wearing socks with them is that it almost feels like I'm wearing the huaraches because I have plenty of room for my toes to move around, which was nice.
The surface was wet although it was only misting for most of the run. It did start raining a bit heavier towards the end of the run.