66 with no shoes on at the end of my regular workout. Nowhere near all-out, just running comfortably under control and focusing on the form changes caused by running barefoot. I think in cooler weather I could take it under 60 without shoes on. Anyone else do this? It felt really great.
I've never ran an all out 400 for a time, but plan on doing one after my knee recovers.... And yeah barefoot feels amazing, so naked. You have to be careful though, some people say "oh don't do more than 5 mins your legs can't handle it", but that's not the problem, the real problem is BLISTERS. It hurts sooo bad when you get one. I went to my track once and planned on doing a 6 mile steady state but almost ended up dropping out; after 4 miles it was just miserable. You'll get blisters running barefoot, you have to let your feet roughen. Running 400m is a good amount.
Do you want a medal for the achievement?
No, I'm satisfied knowing that I just ran faster than you ever will. Barefoot.
I just saw a barefooted French North African dude at the Parc St. Maur track series outside Paris run the first 400 of a 2ish 800m heat in about 58 sec and then stop. Not sure if he was rabbiting or just going for a barefoot 400m pr.
I saw a lady run a 4:35 marathon barefoot as well. This appears to be the route to fast times.
Abebe Bikila ran his way to a gold medal through the streets of Rome in 1960 - barefoot the whole way. He repeated the gold medal feet in 1964 - this time with shoes.
i ran a 2:19 barefoot 800 not that long ago and that felt definitely nice...cant memo if i actually did a barefoot 400, did some barefoot 200s sub :30... with some sharpening a barefoot minute quarter is on radar.
I haven't done any barefoot running since the bee/instep incident. Afterwords I thought, "Hmmm. Shoes are nice, too."
i ran a barefoot 400 in 55 indoor...without warming up and very out of shape
Brent wrote:
I haven't done any barefoot running since the bee/instep incident.
What, the bee stung the top of your foot?
tri-curious wrote:
No, I'm satisfied knowing that I just ran faster than you ever will. Barefoot.
dude 66 isn't very fast