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Sep 2, 2022, 5:13:01 PM9/2/22
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Heat treats my soles and soul.
Having a wave of triple digit temps.
Standing outside in.
The yard covered with bricks.
Summer goes as it goes.
Winter cold is a thing too.
Frost bites my toes.
Hot is hot and too much can be unwise.
Limitations vary.
- Cheers!
Having a wave of triple digit temps.
Standing outside in.
The yard covered with bricks.
Summer goes as it goes.
Winter cold is a thing too.
Frost bites my toes.
Hot is hot and too much can be unwise.
Limitations vary.
- Cheers!
Daniel Rouse
Aug 23, 2023, 6:40:48 PM8/23/23
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Assessing the minor damage to the soles from this afternoon's walks: toes two through four on the right foot lightly blistered, the ball of the foot behind the big toe on both feet blistered, just behind the ball of the foot on the right foot blistered, just in front of the heel on the edge of the foot on both feet blistered, the middle of the right edge of the foot blistered, the left heel near the arch blistered... all those parts of the soles blistered from two 0.3 miles round trip walks on asphalt in 99 degrees F/107 degrees F heat index one during noon and then one around 3:00pm. A day of rest, then I've got another walk planned when it's 100 degrees out and 115 degrees heat index, just to complete any heat related blistering of the soles. Then, when the blisters heal, I will be able to withstand 115 degrees F weather or heat index.
I don't know of any other way to get used to that much intense heat except for allowing the soles to blister. Either that or stay off the asphalt during the hottest parts of the day.
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Aug 24, 2023, 3:33:00 PM8/24/23
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Daniel wrote:
>Hot blisters my soles in triple digit heat but I'm used to it. Gravel asphalt plus heat adds friction to the existing ow sss hot hot hot hot heat.
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>Assessing the minor damage to the soles from this afternoon's walks: toes two through four on the right foot lightly blistered, the ball of the foot behind the big toe on both feet blistered, just behind the ball of the foot on the right foot blistered, just in front of the heel on the edge of the foot on both feet blistered, the middle of the right edge of the foot blistered, the left heel near the arch blistered... all those parts of the soles blistered from two 0.3 miles round trip walks on asphalt in 99 degrees F/107 degrees F heat index one during noon and then one around 3:00pm. A day of rest, then I've got another walk planned when it's 100 degrees out and 115 degrees heat index, just to complete any heat related blistering of the soles. Then, when the blisters heal, I will be able to withstand 115 degrees F weather or heat index.
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>I don't know of any other way to get used to that much intense heat except for allowing the soles to blister. Either that or stay off the asphalt during the hottest parts of the day.
My approach is more gradual.
>Hot blisters my soles in triple digit heat but I'm used to it. Gravel asphalt plus heat adds friction to the existing ow sss hot hot hot hot heat.
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>Assessing the minor damage to the soles from this afternoon's walks: toes two through four on the right foot lightly blistered, the ball of the foot behind the big toe on both feet blistered, just behind the ball of the foot on the right foot blistered, just in front of the heel on the edge of the foot on both feet blistered, the middle of the right edge of the foot blistered, the left heel near the arch blistered... all those parts of the soles blistered from two 0.3 miles round trip walks on asphalt in 99 degrees F/107 degrees F heat index one during noon and then one around 3:00pm. A day of rest, then I've got another walk planned when it's 100 degrees out and 115 degrees heat index, just to complete any heat related blistering of the soles. Then, when the blisters heal, I will be able to withstand 115 degrees F weather or heat index.
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>I don't know of any other way to get used to that much intense heat except for allowing the soles to blister. Either that or stay off the asphalt during the hottest parts of the day.
When temperatures reach a heat hot enough
to suggest blistering is occurring, I give it rest.
Even when my feet were the toughest they ever been,
it was possible to blister them and huge slabs of callus
peeled off months later.
Freezing suggests the same situation, for me.
Each winter when it gets cold enough to freeze toes,
pushing on that envelope results in blisters which
are not desired at this time of life.
It's good to hear from you again.
Knowing other barefooters are still out there
helps keep me from thinking my insanity is unique.
- Cheers!
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