Piggy back uphill – This is me charging uphill with Cara on my back…Her legs are longer than I am tall!
A little bit of fun. On 13 September I took part in the Tough Mudder challenge with 3 other young ladies for a bit of a challenge and some fun…Only 2 weeks after our marathon, but hey..if not why not?
The Ice Trough…The worst was we were held up to await fresh ice and turn around, so had a full 5 minutes to stare at that container full of ice and think about it…Brrrrr
Yes, it was cold. It was from this point that I actually removed my shoes and completed the remaining 3 km barefoot, including traversing of volcanic rock beds that were pretty sharp, but my feet had seriously hurt from cold in the ice bath, and then the thought of putting on wet muddy gravelly shoes..well that was too much to bear, so gritted my teeth and went for it. The only side effect? Tiny paper thorns in the sides of my feet…
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About Dale-Lyn
Hi, I am in my mid forties and run barefoot. Mostly really barefoot, sans any form of foot protection. My claim to fame for this blog, is that I have run my first full marathon completely and really barefoot, in a respectable time of 4:16. Scroll through my posts and enjoy them - all with a good sense of humour too.
My story is simply my story of running barefoot, brought about by all the various questions people ask me. I am not a specialist of any sort or any particular athlete or doctor or guru. I am an average woman who runs barefoot, enters a few club runs and a few fun runs. I run races from 5km to marathon. I love trail running, and include chats about my trail adventures.
To date, although I only started running end of August 2013, I have done nearly 2000km, of that at least 1500km in barefeet. Real barefoot. No minimalist shoes. Although when I do run in shoes I use my zero drop mimimus ones (haha - they are my ONLY pair of running shoes..)
The blog tells of my journey through life, on the road, barefoot.
The journey my real barefeet go through when they connect with the road.
The emotions my real barefeet bring out - in me, in passers by, in fellow runners.
The aggressive reactions and debates as to the well being of the real bare-feet I run in.
The passive acceptance of my real bare-feet and their exposure to the elements.
The humour to show those real bare-feet of mine are not just a piece of running equipment, a statement, a leftie or a rightie, but real flesh and blood feet with real issues.
An interesting post note..I commenced my first active run in August 2013 progressing sporadically. But it really was only from May 2014 that I started running on a consistent and slightly more serious note and slightly faster than walking pace. I am scheduled to run my Comrades Marathon in May 2015..that is a massive progression from walk/shuffle er um excuse me look at me run.. to aiming to run a World famous Ultra. Some one pinch me please!
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