I went running this evening. That is hardly news, but tonight was special. Instead of warming up in the weight room, then stretching before driving to the Running Room, I just ran there and then did the stretching. Again, I’ve done that before, but what was special about this time was that I had a backpack on which had my runners in it.
That’s right! I used the foot gloves to run the 1.7 km. This was my first time out running with them. It was an interesting sensation. The pavement was hard to start, but I got used to it. Still, once I got out of Whyte Avenue and into the residential areas, I mostly stayed on the grass next to the sidewalk. Occasionally I did step on something uncomfortable, and once with real pain, but it never slowed me down.
The magic moment came eight minutes in. Then the muscles in my foot started to ache. I was training new/atrophied muscles! Fortunately my run was over within two minutes; it would probably have been a bad idea (when has that stopped me before?) to keep pushing it.
I changed my shoes at the Running Room and then went on my regular run. The first few minutes of that, I could feel my muscles still aching, although the ache had migrated to my lower leg. It went away soon enough.
I’m going to try this every Wednesday. Although I would like to go to a park and take a walk in them. Would that help?