Sunny Run

Yesterday I headed outside for a nice 3.27 mile run through Andersonville. I left the watch at home and estimated the time. I think now and then it is good to leave the watch at home. I think there is a certain freeness to running without worrying about the time.

I have commented on the Andersonville area before. I love this area. Nice homes. Terrific little businesses. This is the old Swedish area of Chicago, and there are still remains of old Swedish businesses there.

I did take a break to visit the running store in the area. It was dead with one woman working there. We chatted a bit. She knew darned little about running. I tried to talk about barefoot running with her, and she told me they might get "barefoot shoes" in stock, but wasn't sure why you needed shoes to be barefoot.

Speaking of which I utilized the 4 steps I wrote about in the previous post. I don't feel I am doing anything all that different, as I midfoot strike to begin with. Still I practiced the form. Overall a nice little run.

Charlie