College

The view from my dorm

College is here, and officially is awesome. Sweet dorm room, amazing food, won a poker tournament, but.... my foot still hurts. It felt like it was on the mend, and i believe is, but the past 2 days have called for a lot more time on my feet than is ideal. It's incredibly frustrating going into the biggest and most important race this year knowing that my training is inhibited. Nonetheless i can't go into the race with excuses. I made the team, i had a good summer, and i have no reason to doubt my abilities at the world scene. I have a feeling that the pain will still be there in 2 weeks, but i've made the decision that i'm going to show up to win, and put it all on the course with absolutely no excuses. It's game time.

Packed and Good to go.

The clearing after the storm....

It's official. (i hope) I am packed for college. Other than the fact that i don't have any books yet, i'm stoked to move in tomorrow and be closer to the mountains that i love....

So, here's the gameplan. I'm still taking it easy on my foot, although it feels like it is h

ealing. X-ray ruled out stress fracture (awesome) but the doc said it was most likely related to the plantar fascia because of its location on the bottom of my foot. So for the past few days i've been not running, but doing low impact machines that still work my hill climbing muscles. Today i did 4000 stairs in 40 minutes, rowed 2 miles, and skate skiied a 10k. All while playing texas hold 'em and flight controll. However, i got a new (free) pair of vibram KSO Treks, and i'm ready to hit the trails again. I'm making a committment to make the most of every day i live in boulder, so i plan to hike or run green mountain (or any suitable alternative) every day i'm on campus. I'm just too darn close to not run there. So here we go!

Foot.....

Was recovering nicely from last weekend's race, ran a solid 6 on tuesday, and went for a long run on mesa trail on wednesday, but halfway through started feeling pain in my foot. Weird, as this has never happened in all of my barefoot adventures.... This was about at 6 miles, so i had a ways to go back, so i kept jogging, pain got a little worse, so i walked, and walked, occasionally jogged, then walked the whole way back. Not fun. That probably didn't help, or the fact that i had to spend the next 4 hours on it at work. So here i am today, with my foot being iced, wrapped and elevated. The pain is localized to the middle outside of the foot, so i'm pretty certain it's not plantar faciitis, but i really have no idea what else it could be. Rest today, hopefully a miracle will happen so i can still get to run Grays + Torreys tommorow....

Eldora Trail 11(ish)k

(not related to the race. Blogs are boring without photos. For lack of race photos, here's some random ones)

Yesterday marked the annual eldora trail....race. It seems the race is always a different distance. 2 years ago, the entire field except payton batliner cut the course to make it shorter. Last year we ran the actual course, and this year, the course was lengthened to a 11k, then shortened to a 10k, because of mud in a swampy area. Nonetheless, it was a great race. Pretty cool in the morning, showed up nice and early to get my packet and (cotton) shirt. Walked a good portion of the course to see just how muddy it was, and most of it was just damp with a large amount of puddles to avoid and often run through. Paul the race director met us at the start to give us the news that it was cut short because his jeep got stuck earlier that week in the mud. Pshhh. After a few laughs, he got on his atv, and told the guywith the megaphone "10 seconds". This was their dialogue.

"10 seconds"

Megaphone guy- "10 seconds?"

Paul- "10 seconds"

Megaphone- "10 seconds"

-Turns to crowd

"10 seconds"

-Silence-

"5 seconds"

-10 seconds later "5,4,3,2,1," and the horn sounds

The race took off, with a few expected people fighting for the early lead. Last year, Matt Byrne took the race and came back this year to defend his title, but didn't have the lungs to gut it out. About halfway into the race, and at the races highest point, Andy Ames and I (who i had been swapping places for the entire race) caught him

as we began the technical downhill (my favorite part of the race). He wasn't sure which way to go, and we directed him in the right area, and we all began the decent. Last year, this was where i passed Andy for good, and again this year Matt and i did the same, however being the powerhouse that he is, caught me on the uphill, and we battled it out until the next downhill where i passed him again. Then came Bernie. Should have seen it coming. He starts ridiculously far back, then out of nowhere smokes you. Then we got to the small pond you had to run through. About 20 meters of the trail was submerged in water, and no way around it. So, being in my five finger sprints, i elected to power throug

h it. Which, turned out to be incredibly fun. This was preceded by a near vertical downhill, where i put some distance on Andy. We got to the newest portion of the race, where you "follow" the lakes loop snowshoe trail. As beautiful as it was, there was no trail, just orange flags everywhere. The trail was incredibly tight, no solid footing, with several logs to jump over :) After about 1k of that, the trail opened up and Andy passed me for the last time going into the scramble across the hillside (no trail). I stayed

hot on his tail, knowing there was only about 400 meters left to the finish. With a final burst of energy i sprinted past him, and burned the final downhill into the finish area, splashing a few final puddles, finishing 5th overall. Ryan won it (duh), Matt got third, Bernie fourth, and Andy about 5 seconds behind me. Improved a lot over last year, very happy with the results. About a month until slovenia, 2 months until the rocky mountain shootout, and just about a week until i move to boulder. Sadly no pics from the event, my dad got one, and the rest are copyrighted. Eh. Oh! Here's a pic from last week's ridge run in the never summer wilderness.

Archery!!!

Got to go shoot em' up in what is most definitely the coolest archery range in the entire US. There's around 50 3d animal shots all over the mountain, including pit blinds, and tree stands.

Here's a few of the shots on the course.

Ana In the treestand

Dad in the pit blind

Pow! Right in the kisser!

Look! Those deer are fighting! Lets take advantage of the situation!

You aint goin' nowheres.

The hunt begins...

At first we thought the arrow was lost. Then i said, "no i was just aiming for the tree branch"

Papi Getting Some practice shots in

Frizzle-Dizzle

Week total = 47

Today's gunna be a good day. Started off with an easy 4 miles, shootin for a solid 15 tonight, and 10 in the morning. The 15 will hopefully be in boulder, along with the AM, since today is my last full day in beautiful colorado. However, i got some sweet tips on where to run in MO, so i'm a tad curious as to what MO "hills" are like. And, get to do more archery today!

This is what the practice range looks like, more pics. to come of the actual course.

Wedz

I think i am beginning to enjoy this "running in the morning" thing. Haven't done it yet this year other than if it was for a race, or i was running with someone. Bared my soles for 4 miles this morning, and felt pretty good. Need to get rid of this strange vibram feet tan, but i'm not sure if i like it or don't like it. One of a kind....

Sunday -15

Monday - 0

Tuesday -AM 3 PM 3 +ultimate frisbee

Wednesday AM 4 PM 13 Miles

Week total 38

3 mile Mornings

In an effort to consistently toughen up my soles a bit, i'm instituting some easy 3 mile morning wake up jogs. It's easy additional mileage, and should get my total mileage closer to 80. Got a bow this weekend, and i'm headin up today to shoot inanimate animals. Hooray!

Sunday- BTMR 15 miles

Monday- Ez 5 miles

Tuesday AM. 3 miles PM?

23 miles so far, 60 to go.

Barr Trail

Finally posting about barr.

Absolutely an incredible race, most likely my favorite trail race now. The lead up to the race was interesting. This was my week before

Sunday-11 miles at 8000 feet + 3000' change

Monday-(Began a weeklong camp in the foothills of boulder) Stayed up late, slept in. -0

Tuesday - 13 miles at 8000 feet +2500' change

Wednesday -8 miles at 8000 feet +1000' change

Thursday-Rest, but swam at boulder reservoir a good deal, but also drunk my weight in lake water

Friday-8 miles at 8000 feet +1000' change

Saturday - Capture the flag. I purposely chose to be on defense during the game, because there were no boundaries, and some really cool trails to patrol on. My nutrition was particularly interesting, because the camp food was incredible all week, and in limit

less supply. So the day before the race, i had 2 plates of leftovers for lunch, and dominos pizza, a root beer, sierra mist, and a coke in a glass bottle that evening. Delicious. However, i don't feel like this affected me at all for the race, because i didn't think about it until afterwards. I also only got about 4 hours of sleep before i got up at 4:30 to drive to Colorado springs the next morning. Next time i think i'll bring a tent.

Got to the road at about 6:15, perfect time to warm up to the starting area about a half mile up. I got my bib number, some water, and proceeded up the trail, as i had never ventured into the beast that is pikes peak and the barr trail. I took off

f my shoes when i got to the actual trail to see if today would be a good day to go barefoot. I had spent nearly the entireweek barefoot in the mountains of boulder, so my feet felt solid, however the downhill portion of the race, and the amount of loose dirt persuaded me to run in my Vibram KSO Trek's. So i velcrowed back up, and went back to the start. After some brief stretches, a couple strides and numerous bathroom stops, i headed to the start line. I had absolutely no idea what was going to happen this race. I went into mt. washington having studied the mountain i

nside out, but not for this race. The announcer yelled go (no gun?) and we all went off. My mentality of the race was storm the uphill and don't worry about the downhill. So, i went out with the second half of the pack, and stuck with brandy erholtz for the most part. After about 3 miles, she started to pull away. Mentally i started to break down a tad, but after about a mile, i felt a little pep coming back to my step, and it almost seemed as if the trail was getting less steep. So i sped up. A lot. I felt strong, so i went fast, and all of a sudden, t

here was brandy! I ran past, and kept running, but so did she. I started to see some familiar faces flying down the hill, so i figured i was close, but somehow i kind of fo

rgot that the race turned around. Being unfamiliar with the trail, i didn't really know when the turnaround was going to show up, and all of a sudden it did. It ends here? This is it? I was just getting into it! As excited as i was to be heading back down, i knew there was more in me, so i'm uber excited run again next year, hopefully with a better foot solution. On the descent, my problems started. I was having fun on the trail, jumping over rocks and such, but after about 2.5 miles, i had to stop

and pull a rock out of my shoes. Those shoes. And, to my dismay, i head foot steps coming up behind me. I got going again, and just as the trail got steeper, and more windy, i began to slow down. Both vibrams had holes in the toes, and i wasn't getting any hold from the shoes. At the moment i let brandy go ahead, i had nearly run off the trail if not for a conveniently placed tree. I'm a fan of running aggressively downhill. It's just a lot more fun. But every time i had to turn, i'd lose footing, and have to slow down. Eh. Who really cares. Got passed by 2 more people, GZ being one of them, but all i really cared about was the up. So after reaching the bottom, and ecstatic to see uphill again, i bolted up hydro street, and flung myself around the turn into the finish chute. Overall? Great race despite shoes that fell apart. I'll definitely be chattin with vibram soon. I find out in the next week whether i make the jr. mountain running team, but until then, i'll just keep running up. I see a few 15 milers in the coming week... need to get as much colorado in before i head out to missouri.... Are there hills out there? I guess i'll find out. Quads felt good today, but just about everything else hurt. So i headed out for a pleasant 5 miles in the morning sans shoes to fall in love with my feet again. No shoes no blues eh?

Blog? What's a blog?

Well, kind of forgot that I had a blog. Then when i started looking at other peoples blogs, i figured i need to make a better effort to write things in here. Recap back to as far as I want to remember.

Mt. Washington - 1:14, hot, hot, hot

Then, a week of camp,

Last saturday/sunday, ran the Boulder Skyline Traverse, but AT NIGHT!!!!

That was fun, met up with a group of guys at 7:30, and went to run for several hours. We skipped sanitas, so i went back sunday to bag it, for about 18 miles, 6000 feet of elevation.

Monday - Found a way to get out of bed, so i went to boulder, ran mesa trail to bear canyon, up green, then down ranger/gregory canyon. 9 miles, 3000' elevation

This is fun. Already at 27 miles up 9000 feet, and i still have 5 days left. Oh right, vail hill climb is on saturday.... Hope i remember :)

Mizzonday

I didn't run a whole lot today, but i beat my own beep test record at school at 15.2. If you don't know what the beep test is, its a fitness test where you run back and forth at an increasingly faster speed. By the end, you're going pretty fast, but i kept slipping on the gym floor, and i think that's what did me in. Did a quick speed workout later at track, total of 4 miles. Officially one day of school left then i'm done. Boring day overall. Kickball tomorrow in stats!!! Also, i am finding myself more inclined to want to chase animals in the wild. Weird.

Week in Review

So, here's the week in review.

Monday, tuesday wednesday, thursday and friday. Then for fun i participated in saturday and sunday.

But in all seriousness, random pictures!!!

Sunday-8.25 miles up sunshine canyon 1:06. New fastest time for me, and got to run through softly falling snow flakes the whole time :) Felt strong the whole time, and on a good day, i could knock a few more minutes off the first two miles if i actually decided to go hard the entire run, but not bad seeing how i raced on friday and ran 7 on saturday.

Monday - Easy 5+1 in gym. Easy because i was more tired than i expected, but should have seen it coming.

Tuesday -Another easy 4 -28:40

Wednesday- Taper workout. Short, sweet, fast. 1x1200, 1x800, 1x400, 2x200, and some strides. 3:42, 2:27, 1:01, 27,27. Also played ultimate frisbee for a while after 5.5 miles

Thursday - about 1.5 miles in the morning to get my brain awake before the AP lit test, and 3.5 in the afternoon as a mini tempo run. 5 total

Friday- Felt tired? 3 miles

Saturday- Race

So my story for saturday could have gone better. My sister took the car to work, and my mom was at church, so i was in charge of getting to the meet. It wasn't far, so i elected to ride my bike. Halfway there, my pedal falls off, and i have to scoot the rest of the way. I get there, and the meet is running an hour and a half ahead of schedule, so i immediately begin my warmup, with about 30 minutes to go. I wasn't stressed out, still pretty calm, but slightly alarmed. It was warm, and the wind wasn't off the charts like at some meets. We line up, i'm seeded 2nd, and as i hear comments about my shoes, the gun fires and i'm right into first. Pacing wise, i was perfect for the first 5 laps, but to my surprise, the boulder kid was drafting me the whole time, and blows past me for the past 800 as i died off. He finished in 9:56, me in 10:13. Who knows what happened exactly, the last 3 laps just didn't connect AT ALL. So, i've got one more chance on wednesday for the 2 mile, but the weather may not cooperate.

Sunday- I know it's already in the week, but seeing how that's today, may as well say what i did. Sunshine Canyon to Camp, 8.5 miles, yada yada... 1:08. Time was solid in comparison to how i felt, surprisingly tired. Just kept moving and made it up.

Weekly total 36 miles

May Total 49 miles

Year Total 539 miles

Favorite Run

Given that i haven't posted in forever, i figure i should give some insight as to what i've been doing over the past month. Well, in short, running. As the track season comes to a close, i eagerly await the chance to run in the mountains every day. However, for the time being, i settle for a few days a week doing my new favorite run up sunshine canyon to camp paul hummel. The run begins at 4th and mapelton, continues climbing up the canyon to the town of sunshine, up to the sunshine saddle and then up some more to camp. In all, the run totals 300o vertical gain over 8 miles. It's a perfect training run for mt. washington as it does not deplete my legs or stamina, and i've only got to add 1000 feet and i'm up mt. washington. It's pretty gradual as a whole with some significant extended steep sections. As seen in the above picture, the finish of the run is directly in the center of the photo by those radio towers. About 5.5 miles of pavement, the rest dirt, which is also similar to mt. washington. My average over the runs has been 1 hour 10 minutes, never gone above, and this past weekend i found myself at a bit brisker pace finishing in 1:06. My goal is to summit camp in under an hour before mt. washington on june 19, a run i'll treat as a workout. I'm training diligently for the race, and i'm sure it will pay off in the end. My goals have certainly shifted as i have realized my passion for trail running, and specifically making the 2010 US mountain running team. I wasn't enthusiastic about track entering the season, and the results are evident. I've been focusing on training longer distances and far more vertical gain than i have ever done before, and have been significantly less focused on track speed. My mile has dropped since last year, and it's a bit peculiar because my 2 mile hasn't yet, but we'll see about that after this weekend. However, in order to train for the races i truly care about, my mileage has been higher than usual for this time in the track season, and the lowest i'll get is the week of leauges at 30 miles, my average hovering around 50-60 miles. After running the 5k in sub 16 in las vegas, it's apparent that i'm definitely in better long distance shape, and i'm confident about breaking 34 minutes in the bolder boulder this year for the 10k. If i don't make state for track in the 2 mile, i won't be crushed, as i know that this isn't my specialty. I am focusing on my uphill training, which will greatly supplement my intent to walk on for CU in the fall. These next two weeks will greatly impact my training for may, then, it's all uphill to mount washington. Untill then, i have a stats test tommorow, a lit test thursday, and a race saturday. Oh yeah, i'm graduating in a few weeks. Fun stuff.

How many times in a day can i explain what my shoes are

It's a bit overdue, but sometimes i forget that i have a blog. However, this day was blogworthy. Not today perhaps, well maybe, hmm. Where do i start. Wednesday.

Wednesday

First Vibram 5 fingers race(s) ever. It was an all comers meet, thus i did all the events that i could. That ended up being 4 because the meet went really fast. First! Was the 4x800, ran a 2:09 800, which isn't bad, but tells me that i need more speed. Then came the mile, my debut event. Walked up to the line in my vibram five fingers, and boy did i get some looks. That was the last thing that anyone expected to be on my feet, and i definitely got a lot of comments. The CHSAA officials were chuckling to themselves, and i overheard them say that they were thinking of getting a pair themselves. The athletes next to me were stupified, and the coaches were convinced that i was running barefoot, and sought to dq me from the race. Nonetheless i won the race in 4:46, a new mile best, and first ever race "barefoot". The race unfolded pretty well, and my feet felt incredible. My first split was 1:10, followed by a 1:13, a 1:13 and a 1:10. Not too shabby for early season. I continued on the meet by racing the 300 meter hurdles, and ran a 46.3, getting me 4th place the first time i had ever ran that. I also wore my vibrams. Then i felt like jumping some more, so i did the triple jump, jumping 35-5, good enough for a 7th place finish in a field of 13 jumpers. I also jumped in my vibrams. Twas a good day, the next good as well.

Thursday

Thursday i decided to head into boulder before the weather took a turn for the worse. I strapped my bike to my car, drove up 4.5 miles up Magnolia road, stashed my bike, then drove down. I then proceeded to run up about 2300 feet in that 4.5 miles where my bike was quietly waiting to carry me back down. It was a leg burner, but felt really good, and i completed the route in 41 minutes. Just 3 more miles and 2000 more feet, and there's mount washington. Lovely.

Friday was my birthday, and it snowed all day which was nice. Saturday was nice as well, and Sunday i taught ski lessons up at Eldora. Good week, now its spring break. Today, i did a speed workout, consisting of 12x200 at 29-30 seconds each, followed by a tabatta workout which is 4 minutes of sprinting for 20 seconds, then walking for 10. Its pretty tough. I'm excited to say now that everything i do is barefoot and in the vibram 5 fingers, and i'm getting a pair of the vibram 5 KSO Treks, which i'm insanely excited for. Snowy trails, here i come!

Random quote of the day:

There is no such thing as a stupid question, just stupid people who ask questions.

And for kicks, a random picture

Bare Excitement

03/13/10

1600- 4:47

3200-10:15

Saturday was my first meet of the season, and my last meet wearing shoes. Even in racing flats, very light 5 ounce shoes, my legs didn't feel natural. I distinctly felt different from running barefoot, however, putting shoes back on defeats the purpose of running barefoot, and after losing a shoe on the 4th lap of the 2 mile, i came to a decision. And, being a little afraid to race in the vibrams, i did 400's on the track today. Ended up doing 8x400 at 1:08 pace, just shy of my target mile pace. Every one felt incredible, and i haven't yet done speed training in the vibrams. In short, it felt great, and provided i can run wednesday, i'm doing the mile in the vibrams. I am very excited. Also, before the 400's, i ran at the rec center for about 20 minutes total doing uphill intervals on the treadmille. Ended up doing 4 5 minute segments of running at a 12 percent grade at 6mph, which is a little slower than my goal pace for the mount washington race in june. Oh yeah, forgot to mention that. I'm running the Mt. Washington road race in june. It's 4500 feet up 7.6 miles. Pure bliss for uphill runners, but what i found out today, is that 12% average grade is pretty tough. Anyways, that race is the US Mountain running championships for this year, and i'll be there to destroy that wimpy 6000 foot mountain.

Here's a cool site i found on a more detailed study of sorts on barefoot running.

http://www.barefootrunning.fas.harvard.edu/1WhyConsiderFootStrike.html

The week thus far and some nostalgia

Howdy bloggers! Haven't blogged in a bit, but here's something. Thus far, I have run 8 miles barefoot on monday, did a workout tuesday, and did 6 today. Tomorrow i'm doing a hurdle workout (hurdles?) for the 300 hurdles. The coach thinks i might be good, so i'll try. I'm pretty excited though. It's like chasing down an animal or something, it's running in an oval shape, and is jumping over several objects that I also must jump over in order to catch the animal. Thats basically my thought process for a race. Set the scene in the woods, I'm chasing an animal for food or for a good challenge, and thats how i get a new best time.

Anyways, here's the nostalgia. I miss summer only because there isn't snow on my trails. Snow on ski trails, thats ok, but snow on mesa trail just freezes my toes. Yes, I realize that my feet were clothed at this time, but this was last year. Hence, nostalgia. It's long, but stick it out. It's worth it. Trust me

Whats fun about this video is that I filmed the entire thing. It was originally for a video contest which I will put that video up later. This one I put together after filming myself several times stealing my backpack. Basically, I would set up the camera, run off shot, run through the shot, run back and turn off the camera. For the multiple me shots, I left the camera in the exact same spot, and split the videos. It was incredibly awkward and funny when people walked by me on these shots, because I would be either talking to myself, or stealing a backpack. It was a good day.

Hills

I feel that i have a greater addiction to hills when wearing vibrams or no shoes, so i sought out a hill today. This is what i found.

It was incredibly muddy, but a great hill nonetheless, and i ran 5 miles worth of loops on it (About 7 loops) consisting of running up, circling around, falling, and a nice decent that didn't pound my quads into oblivion like monday's run. It was a strange day weather wise, i was hoping for snow, but nothing but a frothy look to the sky. Found my running log from before i went digital. Good times.

Random quote of the day, that oddly applies to me quite well.

I'm one of those people that laughs at a joke 3 times
First when it's told to me
Again when it's explained to me
and
Then 5 minutes later when i finally understand it

No Shoes, No Blues

A Cold toe story

Twas a grand day for a run in the foothills of boulder. The sun was high in the sky, and yet it was warmer yesterday after it had snowed than it was when i ran at 3 in the afternoon. Nonetheless i ran from Chautauqua up the saddle rock trail. It was entirely in the shade and entirely covered in snow as seen in the picture, which made my toes cold. Not my feet, legs, hands or anything, just my feet. I think that the snow would sneak in between the toes of my vibrams, and melt, then refreeze. Either way, it was a good run, and i got to climb some rocks because i felt adventurous.

After running for 30 minutes up hill, i turned around and came down probably about 1000 feet of snow trail, which was actually quite fun. As i came to an intersection at the bottom of the canyon, i came upon a runner who was strapping yak-traks to his feet. He looked like Anton Krupicka, but he lives in Colorado Springs, so i figured it was jesus. I didn't get a picture, but it looked like this.

In all reality, Jesus rocks, and i'm pretty sure he ran barefoot. Thats my day, logged somewhere between 6-8 miles, and yup.

A barefoot Story

So, yesterday at school i wore sandals because i was washing my vibrams. I've been battling it out with a cold this week, so i was in desperate need of some kleenex. There wasn't any in the room, so my teacher told me that i could go run and get some from her office. At that, i left my sandals by the desk, and after leaving the classroom, i took off for the office. After i got the kleenex, i turned the corner into the hall, and noticed the head of my teacher peeking out the doorway, and as soon as i came into sight, she ducked back into the room. As i reentered the room, she said,

"I said run didn't i."

A fellow classmate made the comment

"No one wants to be barefoot more than Paul"

That was this weeks "oh paul...." moment. There will be lots more of those, trust me.

Fun fact, i also bowled a 235 today, here's proof

Park 1

Greetings blogoshpere!

Today i ran 6 miles barfuss (german for barefoot), and it felt pretty good. Here is an example of what i do on my runs.

See, running by itself is indeed fun, but i like to make it exciting and unexpected. I also find it funny how people tend to see me when i'm running, especially in my vibrams. I've come to learn that honking is, "Hey i know you" and not, "I despise your fanaticism!". I enjoy a good run, and this season is perfect for running into fields of geese. I'll try and put up a video tomorrow. I have hunger, i think i'll go find myself a poisonberry pie.

Random Time!

Today was a pretty good day. My sis advises me that i should make the world aware of my shenanigans, so heres one example. At school, i enjoy walking into a random classroom, and at discovering that i am in the incorrect room i exclaim, "Whaaaaa!!!???" and leave the room. I've found that this is the most fun to do in freshman classes, because they don't know what to do. Ah freshman. Also, i learned how to draw a foot today. Sort of.

I went for a 3 mile run barefoot today, and it felt relatively decent given that i had eaten a good 3 pounds worth of noodles, wantons, chicken, beef, chicken, crab, and jello. Lets just say my stomach wasn't exactly thrilled to go for a run. Anyways, there was a shadow following me for part of the run, so i took a picture. It mysteriously disappeared in the shade. But hey, No Shoes, No Blues. Well, not true, in some conditions my toes turn blue in the cold.

First Post!

Ah my first blog. A momentous occasion indeed.

Well, i've officially begun a challenge to run my entire outdoor track season barefoot (vibram five fingers included) and this blog will chart my progress. And just for fun ill have some random quotes.

I leave you with this. I dream of a better tommorow... where chickens can cross roads and not have their motives questioned.

No Shoes, No Blues