August 2010

A Cretan Supply Run

August 21, 2010
A Cretan Supply Run

Given that my route was going to take me along the dried river bed that forms part of the Diktamos Gorge, the Vibrams were never going to be an entirely sensible choice. Still, if I’m going to do a crazy run in the 42 degree blazing sun just to fetch breakfast I may as well [...]

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Vibram Five Finger Speed Review and the Campsite Run

August 16, 2010
Vibram Five Finger Speed Review and the Campsite Run

A beautiful pair of Vibram Five Fingers arrived just before the camping expedition. Unfortunately all the photos were taken post camping trip where of course it rained relentlessly and so the Five Fingers have lost a little of their new shoe gleam. I wanted to get a slightly larger pair of VFF’s as my earlier pair of [...]

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Adidas miCoach Mobile Review and the Wandle Trail

August 14, 2010
Adidas miCoach Mobile Review and the Wandle Trail

I had a Wandle Trail run penciled in for today. I would have very much liked to rub that plan out considering I’ve barely recovered from last weekends 10 mile hair cut run but dedicated half marathoners can’t relax on long slow run day. You won’t know anything about that 10 mile haircut run as [...]

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A Sticky Barefoot End

August 6, 2010
A Sticky Barefoot End

I’m taking the direct skin on tarmac approach very slowly but after managing a 300m true barefoot dash last week I thought it was time to go out again. I don’t recommend late night, barefoot runs on rainy nights. For one thing the gravel sticks more persistently but more importantly the damp attracts soft squishy critters with [...]

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