Category: Parkrun

Parkrun Barefoot – Socks Ditched on Grass

This new Whangarei Parkrun starts on grass, so I warmed up in socks, and ran barefoot.

A bit nasty on the short grass stretch in the cold, but the rest of the 5km course is on concrete, so no problemo barefoot.

I started super conservative, nose-breathing through to 1.5 km, but managed to get in around 29m15s.

Warmup was cut a little short by general confusion, so a slow start’s best for injury prevention.

Overall, a really nice course along the stream, and without the challenging rough cobblestones of the other Whangarei Parkrun.

Whangare Parkrun #493 barefoot. Well, almost.

After a 2-week break, I came back today with a 29m effort, comfortably inside my 30m00s goal.

The reason for the socks? Protect the toes, rather than the soles, from the early winter cold.

Looks pretty odd, but it works.

Despite radio reports of an Orange ( gasp! ) rain alert, not a drop fell this morning.