All my friends thought that my feet had cancer. I ran a marathon a month and a half ago and the remnants of it can still be seen in my feet. I have played soccer my whole life and have always had callouses, but they are worse than they have ever been. Anyone have any remedies for my feet that I could use to make them better again?
Foot Cancer . . . Not
Erik is a barefoot runner from Brazil who recently contacted us on Twitter (@erikneves). He said that he had completed an Ironman in Brazil two weeks ago and just finished an Ultramarathon this past weekend. Not only that but he completed the Ultramarathon by doing one half of it barefoot and the other half wearing huaraches. Which got me wondering . . . What the heck is a Huarache?
A Huarache is some kind of Mexican running sandal. I searched several websites and there were a lot of links to different types of Huaraches, but I chose this website because I have a feeling that this is what our friend @erikneves was running in – http://www.invisibleshoe.com/. If you visit this website you will see that these sandals are super thin and supposedly are supposed to give you the experience of barefoot running while still protecting your feet.
I don’t know about you, but I tried running a marathon over a month ago and on a trip to San Juan Capistrano, I was walking around with sandals on and all my friends told me that it looked like my feet had cancer because they were covered in blood blisters from running in a marathon. I could not imagine running in those huaraches, let alone running half of an ultramarathon in them and the other have completely barefoot.
That’s crazy! But, now we know what a huarache is . . . and so do you.
What’s better than doing a Sprint Triathlon? Doing a Sprint Triathlon for 30 days straight, that’s what!
My brother and I signed up for the San Luis Obispo Triathlon at the end of July and in order to prepare for it, I have decided to do the full distance of that triathlon every single day for 30 days in order to build up my speed on the course for race day. I will be posting my times for these triathlons from time to time so be sure to follow up on my posts. Check in to see how I am doing from time to time and give me some words of encouragement.
Just for your information, the San Luis Obispo sprint triathlon is a .5 mile swim, a 15.3 mile bike ride and a 3.1 mile run.
The actual date for the SLO Triathlon is on Sunday, July 24. I want to give myself some rest before race day and need to include some black out dates for planned vacations which means that I will start doing these Triathlons next Monday, June 13 2011. Make sure to follow my exploits on Twitter and Facebook.
Weekly Amount:
Running = 23 miles
Biking = 76 miles
Swimming = 5000 M or 3 miles
Total Amount: 102 miles
Overall Amount:
Running = 365 miles (50 miles to San Francisco)
Biking = 1,202 miles (1,568 miles to New York)
Swimming = 91,000 meters or 53 miles (55 miles to San Diego)
Total = 1,530 miles (1,240 miles to New York)
Accomplishments:
Weekly Amount:
Running = 22 miles
Biking = 74 miles
Swimming = 5000 M or 3 miles
Total Amount: 99 miles
Overall Amount:
Running = 342 miles (73 miles to San Francisco)
Biking = 1,126 miles (1,644 miles to New York)
Swimming = 86,200 meters or 50 miles (58 miles to San Diego)
Total = 1,428 miles (1,342 miles to New York)
Accomplishments:
Weekly Amount:
Running = 21 miles
Biking = 72 miles
Swimming = 5000 M or 3 miles
Total Amount: 96 miles
Overall Amount:
Running = 320 miles (95 miles to San Francisco)
Biking = 1,052 miles (1,718 miles to New York)
Swimming = 81,200 meters or 46.7 miles (61 miles to San Diego)
Total = 1,329 miles (1,441 miles to New York)
Accomplishments:
What do you think about our website?
Your website – is very adhd – BUT don’t change it – I had to figure out who was who and had trouble placing your ages. Your mum must be an amazing person.
May be I have not read enough but even though the site is very “open” and you share a lot, I feel know v, little basic stuff about you guys – in terns of the “normal” stuff such as professional stuff, education, loves hates, travel experiences, etc….girlfriends???
What are you most passionate about?
We are passionate about life and getting the most out of it! That means that you need your physical, mental and financial health to be in balance and that is what our business is all about. We realized this after we had hit the toppish of our corporate careers – still wanting to grow AND have more time to travel so realized that we needed to do something about it. That’s when we started our business. Through it we teach others how to run their business and achieve the goals that they want to reach and through helping them we achieve our goals.
We are interested in partnering with ambitious, outgoing people who want to get more out of life – be it personal performance, sport performance, financial performance – or all of the above – just have them contact us – wherever in the world they are.
What is one thing that you think every person should do in their lifetime?
Ummm, running a marathon is NOT it – its simply not for everyone and then I might say in a couple of years time – doing an ironman so that won’t do at all.
It has to be TRAVEL – be it take a cruise, get on a plane, drive over the world – open your mind and heart to new stuff and let it stay open! You will be surprised where it leads to.
*Liz Boers-Maynard writes her own blog, http://everyrunsawinner.wordpress.com/ devoted to her experiences as a runner. Her husband also runs his own blog, http://feelinghealthynet.wordpress.com/. Be sure to check out both of their blogs and let them know that The Running Brothers sent you.
What are your some of your favorite websites/blogs to follow?
Do you have any advice for new bloggers?
I guess the sensible way to begin is to have a strategy and think about what type of audience that you want to attract etc etc – I kind of set out that way and ended up just “scribbling” and figuring out what was fun and sometimes its a “frustration” outlet and other times to share something with anyone that is interested but to share it is important. The “it” is sometimes afeeling, sometimes advice – e.g. nutritional stuff…
Tell us about your website.
I share my everyrunsawinner site with my geeky husband who posts more frequently on our feeling-healthy blog.
What inspired you to start everyrunsawinner?
The inspiration for starting was a sort of experiment to learn the geeky stuff that Joost does, to reach out to other running nuts, and proving to everyone that you can go from 96 kilos (c. 210 lbs) to marathon runner in 5 years if you are in the right business!
Do you enjoy bloggin?
The blog is fun – I am sort of writing it as I run so it keeps me occupied. I have also made some really nice connections to people all over the world.
What was your most popular post?
My champion post was Paris Marathon – job done – I had 67 hits in one day and it continued to be high for days after – It beat Joosts hits hands down!!
What do you think about the people who interact with everyrunsawinner?
Its a great thrill when people such as you comment – it makes me feel good – and I have some fun exchanges with a few “regulars” from all over the world.
We’ve checked out your website and are impressed with your running schedule. We’re also amazed that you can run in such low temperatures, how do you do it?
The secret to running in silly weather is the planning. If you have committed to yourself weeks before that you would run X klms on Y day then you just get up and do it!
Weekly Amount:
Running = 20 miles
Biking = 70 miles
Swimming = 4000 M or 2.5 miles
Total Amount: 92.5 miles
Overall Amount:
Running = 298.5 miles (116.5 miles to San Francisco)
Biking = 980 miles (1,790 miles to New York)
Swimming = 77,200 meters or 49.2 miles (61 miles to San Diego)
Total = 1,329 miles (1,441 miles to New York)
Accomplishments: