Quote Originally Posted by GLC1968 View Post
tulip - many barefoot running 'experts' recommend totally bare feet over things like VFF's anyway. With bare feet, you get much better feedback about what you are doing right or wrong in terms of distance, duration or form...so it's easier to avoid injury. It's much harder to overdo it becasue your feet will hurt too much almost immediately.

I am running on urban sidewalks, MUP's and a few cobblestone-like pathways. I have not run in grass (too hard to see obstacles) or on dirt yet. My first dirt run will be this evening, so that should be interesting.
It's nice to know that you are venturing onto asphalt; you give me confidence that I will be able to do it someday, perhaps before it gets too cold this winter. The streets around here are clean, but HARD! I like running on grass and dirt because I hear/feel a satisfying thump of the earth, like it's responding to me. Sounds strange but it's true. Enjoy your dirt run this evening.