Week 5 of 12 (Borneo 09)

Total mileage: 60km in 5 days

Mon: Rest

Tue PM: 12.6km barefoot(asphalt, hilly)

Wed PM: 20km

Thurs PM: 12.6km barefoot(asphalt, hilly)

Fri PM: 10.7km barefoot(asphalt, hilly)

Sat PM: 4.1km barefoot

Breaststroke(slow)

Calves aching from Saturdays' hills, so no running on Monday.

The thing about downhill running is that your toes tend to try and grip the ground, resulting in abit of torn skin on a toe.

Ran in the pouring rain on Thursday, just love it. Feet are fine and good for Friday, transitioning very well.

Stopped short of completing my barefoot run on Saturday due to sore skin and a blood blister.

Could be due to a couple of reasons:

1. Skin still sore from 2 consecutive days of running.

2. Afternoon asphalt was too hot at certain areas.

3. Too much reliance on right forefoot as I just cut a thick piece of blistered skin off the heel.

Decided not to add another shod run to make a decent weekly mileage as the top of my right foot has been aching/swelling for a few days and seems bad.