I figured that Sunday morning would tell the real story on how my feet held up.
The first thing I notice upon standing was my ankles were sore and of course the soles of my feet were sore as well. My calfs were also a bit tight. But I didn't have to much trouble walking. The soreness in the bottoms of my feet felt more like a muscle sore, then it did bruises. When I probed the bottom of my feet I did find a couple of spots that could only be bruises. The arches seem to be where the most tenderness was.
As the day progressed my thighs let me know they had a workout that they did not appreciate. I would hobble up the stairs, but most of the difficulty was in the leg muscles and not the feet, though the feet did contribute a little. While I am not totally surprised my legs were sore, I hadn't hiked a 4,000 foot mountain in a few years. I was surprised my feet seem to be so doing well. I have heard from a good source that my feet may swell up, but that still hasn't happened. I'm thinking perhaps swelling of the feet might be more a result of exercise then it is of being barefoot. I'll continue keeping an eye on that aspect as well.
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Sunday, June 19, 2016
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Barefoot Gardening
Gardening
A friend mentioned his wife had planted peas in their garden, which reminded me to do the same. I seem to always wait till to late and my peas don't do well. So on Saturday I headed to the hardware store to pick up the seeds, barefoot of course. It was a quick trip with no chatting with the employees, so still no reaction from them on my bare feet.
I have often heard that gardening barefoot, more specifically digging in the garden barefoot is something to be avoided if possible. Despite this apprehension I decided I should at least give it a try. So I got out my spade and started turning over the soil and discovered it was easy and not at all uncomfortable. I think the reason being is that we have raised beds and the soil doesn't get compressed by our bodies when we work the garden. We planted just two rows of peas and I got my shod daughter to assist with one of the rows.
Past Week
The past week has been a bit cool so I haven't been pushing being barefoot to much. The warm spell we had the previous month really had me spoiled. I've also been a bit down or depressed as of late and haven't had much energy the last few weeks. I'm still managing to plug away at the body weight exercises, but have let my running drop for the time being. Besides being tired, another contributing factor is a little pain or discomfort on the bottom of my right foot. I tired to dig something out of my foot this past week and left a little hole in my sole. I didn't find anything, but it seems like the discomfort has been reduced, only to be replaced by the discomfort caused by the small hole I dug into my sole. My thought is the problem is probably caused be a small blister under the pad of my foot which developed by using improper technique when I first started running barefoot. This is just all part of the learning curve.
A friend mentioned his wife had planted peas in their garden, which reminded me to do the same. I seem to always wait till to late and my peas don't do well. So on Saturday I headed to the hardware store to pick up the seeds, barefoot of course. It was a quick trip with no chatting with the employees, so still no reaction from them on my bare feet.
I have often heard that gardening barefoot, more specifically digging in the garden barefoot is something to be avoided if possible. Despite this apprehension I decided I should at least give it a try. So I got out my spade and started turning over the soil and discovered it was easy and not at all uncomfortable. I think the reason being is that we have raised beds and the soil doesn't get compressed by our bodies when we work the garden. We planted just two rows of peas and I got my shod daughter to assist with one of the rows.
Past Week
The past week has been a bit cool so I haven't been pushing being barefoot to much. The warm spell we had the previous month really had me spoiled. I've also been a bit down or depressed as of late and haven't had much energy the last few weeks. I'm still managing to plug away at the body weight exercises, but have let my running drop for the time being. Besides being tired, another contributing factor is a little pain or discomfort on the bottom of my right foot. I tired to dig something out of my foot this past week and left a little hole in my sole. I didn't find anything, but it seems like the discomfort has been reduced, only to be replaced by the discomfort caused by the small hole I dug into my sole. My thought is the problem is probably caused be a small blister under the pad of my foot which developed by using improper technique when I first started running barefoot. This is just all part of the learning curve.
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