Mild Setback

So last post I mentioned 6 pairs of racing flats for $65, here they are:

Only 4 pictured, but I have duplicates of the pair of Brooks and Adidas in the back.  I've now ran in each of the styles, and they are all very runable, light-weight and good shoes. 

I made one fairly large mistake however, in trying to run a track 10 miler in the puma's out of the box, sockless.  At mile 8, I started feeling some hot spots developing, but ignored them, because I wanted to break 1:17 for 10 miles.. and did with a 1:16:42 at the end of the day.

Unfortunately I could barely walk when I took off the shoes.  I had a few large blister on my feet, including one on the back of each of my heels.  This has been a trouble spot in the past, and unfortunately this time there was blood.  ack.

So.. my running since last wednesday has been limited, averaging about 5 miles a day, but nothing fast, and no weekend long run. 

The two runs this weekend were barefoot on a soccer pitch (yeah, hippie, I know).  Actually the barefoot runs were quite nice, and I may incorporate a few miles of barefoot training into every week. 

Tonight I'll get back into shoes...