I've been reading alot about barefoot running the past couple days, after hearing someone mention the infamous five finger shoes. Tonight (early morning), I went for a run with my roomie at the gym at our apartment, and I tried it out for myself on the treadmill...
Distance: 1 Mile (walked probably 1/3 of it)
Pace: 10-12 minute mile
Pain: Severe
As you can see, this was pretty miserable in terms of distance and pace. I had to walk once my feet started blistering up. As we speak (15 minutes after the fact), its almost impossible to walk around on the rough carpet without severe grimacing. I will say though, it is definitely possible to feel the difference in the strides (ball-strike vs heel-strike) once the 'running' shoes were removed. It was 'refreshing' (pain-aside) in that my feet felt much lighter, and the impact was very noticeably softer.
In any case, I think waterbreaks during work tomorrow will be quite an (painful) adventure.
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