Running Aug 3 thru Aug 9

[Crankin]

I was thinking the same thing, Jolt. I almost found myself splayed out on the trail last week several times after hitting a rock the wrong way. And I was doing a "fast walk/hike."

[indigoiis]

Yeah, Rhode Island and Mass are pretty well known for their rocky rutty woods. Our trails are basically all rock with the occasional mud thrown in.

[Jolt]

Yeah, Rhode Island and Mass are pretty well known for their rocky rutty woods. Our trails are basically all rock with the occasional mud thrown in.

Plenty of mud this year! You should've seen the trail I was on yesterday--it had one spot with ankle-deep water on top of mud mixed with gravel (mind you, this was not by a stream) and a few patches of ankle-deep mud with the occasional rock sticking up. Lots of rocks and roots. And I'm crazy enough to try running this trail barefoot...

[indigoiis]

I'm intrigued by barefoot and vffs particularly after reading and beginning to practice chirunning. For now when I run the trail I am in trail runners and I do like them. I bought them so I could hike in them, too. They're pretty good but I do notice that if I am going fast I tend to turn my ankle out a little.

On the road I am in New Balances with minimal padding. They're pretty flexible.

Anyhow today I did 3.2 on the road, with hills. It was humid and sticky.

[Urlea]

3.9 Miler today. I ninjaed my hubby's Garmin to see what my pace was on my short run for the week. A few shin splints & my overheating making me shed a layer to run only in the sports bra (still feels immodest but I'm getting over it.) were the only complaints. It was a good run and I was able to maintain an 8:44 average, which was nice.