Track Intervals in Vibram Five Fingers VFF

I have been ramping up more on doing
track intervals trying to increase my speed for running 800 &
1500 meter events. I have noticed that when doing the shorter
intervals particularly anything 400 meters and below in the VFF’s
this puts a bit more stress on the calves since you are on the
forefront of your feet & toes even more.

This took me back
to when I first started running in the VFF’s in September last year
but of course the recovery has been quicker.

I did a time
trial with a running buddy that I work out with for track intervals
this morning and it went well considering we were both leg weary from
the weeks intervals plus I hit the weights hard, including the legs,
Tuesday right after doing six 800 meter intervals.

As we
walked from the parking lot to the track I thought no way would I be
able to run this 600 meter followed by a 400 meter time trial even
after warming up. Once we ran the trials my legs and calves felt a
lot more relaxed than when we got there and still do now and that was
0800 hours (8 AM)!

I think running intervals in the VFF’s will
give me further flexibility and push once I really start getting in
shape for these distances! I mean I haven’t done interval training in
over a decade at least and probably beyond that!

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