Went for a little run (was going to run to the store, but 2 miles each way sounded a little far right now). I went .85 miles without any problems, but I found my lacing doesn’t work. I had laces sliding all over the place and my feet were hanging off the sandals when I was done.
Overall, I like the two back straps, so I’ll have to see if I can figure out a way to make this work better.
I need to get better at taking pictures as I go. I was having problem with chafing between my toes, the heel strap was cutting in, and my whole foot seemed to move around quite a bit. As you can see in this picture I already decided to forego the ankle wrap (mostly because I didn’t have enough cord). I’m also worried that the knot on the bottom
To address these issues, I decided to move the lacing anchors around some. I added another hole to about half an inch forward. At least for my feet, having the cord come slightly over my index toe instead of straight up between my toes seems to reduce chafing.
I found this square bit works well for pushing the cord though the rubber.
Place the cord over the hole, press the it through sideways. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be gentle with the rubber.
Make sure there is some of the outer sheath of the cord pushing through.
Finally pull the cord through with pliers.
Instead of tying a know up front, I ran the cord back up though another hole, a little in front of the old hole. Next time I’ll describe my new method of tying my huaraches, but here’s the finished product. I have an extra cord coming up between my toes so I didn’t have to cut it off without testing the length.
I found 5lbs Chia Seeds on Amazon. As of this writing, the bag was only $23.
Ingredients:
Whisk chia seeds and water together. Let stand 15 minutes. Whisk in cinnamon and brown sugar. Brown cornmeal. Add wet ingredients, mix well, and cook til clumpy and dry.
This turned out better than try 1. The clumps were larger and more consistent. Soaking the chia seeds made it slightly less crunchy. It’s still bland, so I’ll try a little more spice or sweetener next time.
This is based on the Pinole recipe at No Meat Athlete.
This is my first try. I picked up some chia seeds and cornmeal at Whole Foods.
Ingredients:
Toast the cornmeal in a skillet over medium heat, stirring often, until it turns light brown, about 5 minutes. Mix in cinnamon, honey, and water. Cook off the water, continuing to stir.
This turned out fairly well. It isn’t really tastey, but it doesn’t taste bad. The chia seeds give it a crunch. There were some nice big chunks that were easy to pick up, but there were a lot of crumbs too.
I just had to try out my new Huaraches, so I took a little run down the block. I figure I ran about a quarter mile. Nothing hurts, but my left foot is feeling chafing between the toes, I can feel the hump created by the knot under my toes, and my feet don’t seem to want to stay centered.
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