What do minimalist/barefoot runners do in the winter when it snows?

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18 years ago 10/01/2005 9:57pm EDT

re: good one

Go to a large parking garage and do laps around each level to start and end your runs. Go to a health club and instead of going barefoot wear aquasocks or if you are daring just regular socks (black is good) so you don't stand out. You could also go to a city/county rec center with treadmills at weird hours and pay the lone teenager working the place to look the other way while you run barefoot on the treadmill for an hour. Or save your money and buy a piece of crap treadmill just for barefoot running in winter a few times per week. Better than nothing.

18 years ago 10/01/2005 11:06pm EDT

re: runhoosrun

I had this same concern last winter. I found I could easily tolerate 15-20 min. of barefoot running in 25-30 degrees on wet grass. However, we didn't have any long stretches of temps colder than this, so I never was forced to run barefoot in temps colder than this (let alone in snow).

I stopped wearing socks last winter and ultimately felt like my feet were warmer than they were when I wore socks. One thing is your feet stay drier when you don't wear socks. Although I agree than nothing can completely compare to barefoot running, you can at least try to maintain some foot strength and flexibility by wearing flexible, minimalistic shoes and walking around barefoot indoors. Ballet slippers/jazz shoes, aquasocks (hard to find in the winter), leather mocassins.... there's all kinds of ideas. Be particularly careful with your street shoes, as you want to stay away from anything too stable/inflexible/built-up-- your street shoes can significantly impact how you feel when you put on your running shoes and go for a run.

18 years ago 10/01/2005 11:14pm EDT

re: jaguar1

They are injured during the winter.

18 years ago 10/01/2005 11:49pm EDT

re: 15

You have to do it Zatopek-Style:Hours of skipping barefeet while you are doing the housework.

18 years ago 10/02/2005 5:12am EDT

re: purple

purple wrote:
I was afraid I'd step on an acorn and not feel it - causing a bruise or something worse.

So, if you DID feel it you wouldn't get a bruise?

18 years ago 10/02/2005 8:41pm EDT

re: tubby

tubby wrote:
So, if you DID feel it you wouldn't get a bruise?

Maybe, but there are a couple of things to consider: 1) The proprioception(?) thing, where your body will react to stepping on something quickly enough to avoid injury or lessen it, and 2) If I did hurt myself I'd want to feel it so I could slow up, stop, or whatever.

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