Wouter Buist

After the experience with the 5K race I thought it was time to consult an expert to figure out what I did wrong and how I can improve it. So I made an appointment with Wouter Buist, a Dutch movement scientist en physiologist which is a specialist in barefeet running. It was incredible what he learned me about my running form in a two hour session. This session gives me a total new point of view considering the right running form and it also becomes clear what I did wrong. My longest training I ever did on barefeet was 35 minutes during this session we where training for almost two hours and it wasn’t a problem at all. I made a great progression in understanding the running form. I also learned that I have to slow down to adapt this new running form. Wouter gives on a regular basis workshops barefoot running, but you can also consult him for a personal training. If you start running, barefoot or shod I can recommend you to do this! For more information about Wouter and the barefoot workshops I recommend you to visit his site

My first 5K race!

On the 21th of april I ran my first 5K race barefeet, the time was not very good but that was not the goal of the race. But even when I was not running full speed, I was confronted with a change in running form due of the higher speed. Two blisters on the top of two toes make that very clear. But besides that it went very well, and the most important thing for me I felt great!! With this experience it is time to go more in dept how to improve my running form so I can ran on higher speed. So time to listen to the body!