forgive me, i've been away for a while...
to green palien: thank you! if it is something that one truely finds important, then one will always find the time for it...
had the opportunity to visit the beach recently, did some barefoot beach running while i was there, and WOW! good stuff. one thing i noticed is that i began to have pain on the outside of my knees later in the evenings. i determined that my IT bands were being overworked, so i took extra time to stretch them out during my stretching routine afterwards, and that helped immensely and the pain went away entirely. that's one thing to be mindful of with BF running, it works entirely diff muscle groups, so one must really go the extra mile and stretch properly to avoid injury.
i've been doing a fair amount of BF running lately in fact. i generally just run a lap at my local park. there is an asphalt trail there, but i simply run on the grass right next to it, and have no problems. the first day i started though i overdid it and made huge blisters on the bottom of my feet. so definitely ease into it, as i only made it about 1/4 mile the first time...