Never take the easy route

i haven't run for maybe fifteen years, because my knees just wouldn't let me.
however, the barefoot running thing i found in Born to Run has really called out to me, so this is my ambition...

before i'm 50 (closer than i care to think) i want to run a long way, barefoot.

a long way might be a marathon, it could be an ultra, but it might just be running as far as i can in a number of hours. no particular goal beyond that just at the moment.

barefoot. because it sounds right: we started off without shoes, and ran on both soft and hard stuff. it also feels amazing. i have made a very small test on concrete and my feet and running feel very alive.

first steps:

i have to toughen up my feet. years of shoes have made them soft. i'm walking barefoot on paths, pavements, in the forest. i'm walking until my feet get that little burn that warns you to stop before a blister pops up.

next week i'm going to start running...