Back to basics

Well its winter proper now and despite the unseasonal balmy weather we have had in the last 5 days, its time for the the long slow stuff and some cross training, and sure you might as fire in some stretching/yoga, core stuff too while your at it :)
On sat i did 25 mins off road run in the am and 2 hour hilly roadbike pm. On sunday,4 miles road easy followed by lots of lunges, squats and some yoga. On Monday i did 8 miles road and 1 hour basketball, on tuesday i did 5 miles road,yoga on wednesday 1 hour hilly roadbike,thursday 20 mins basketball shooting and 16 mins barefoot on grass, strength excercises. The barefoot run is one of the most enjoyable runs i have done the whole year, i just felt great during and after it (and i didnt beforehand!) baefooting for me will only ever happen on a nice grass field, doing it on the roads or trails just is not suited to me, it definetly is not a fad though and i think has a clear place inany runners programme this is why i will strive to do one of these a week up to 20 mins for the next few months.