Welcome to our two new "bean counters", Julian and Jeffrey! Thanks for joining the weekly party! The "Atta Boy" Barefoot Award has to go to Jason for his...
Rick - jon - 6 miles. sorry, I had projected 5 miles for this week's report in last week's report but can add another barefoot mile taken on the Pre Trail in...
Can you hear the crowds of yesteryear shouting in a ghostly way from the granstands, "Go Pre" as you cruise around Hayward Field Track, Jon? Oh, if those...
Updated with Jon's 6 BF miles! Thanks Jon! ... Welcome to our two new "bean counters", Julian and Jeffrey! Thanks for joining the weekly party! The "Atta Boy"...
My jaw just dropped about a foot! WOW! Can I brag about your distances to others when talking about barefoot running? (131 miles in one week is a lot more...
Slow in reporting - sorry! Last week I once again got in just two runs, each one was 10 miles, maybe a little more, but I'll clock in my total distance as 20...
No problem Ryan! Your 20 BF miles put us above 400 BF miles this week! WOO HOO!!!! ... Welcome to our two new "bean counters", Julian and Jeffrey! Thanks for...
Sure. But it has taken me about 1.5 years to get this far. And it also seems to have happened in leaps. It seemed to take forever to get up to 40 miles. But...
After all of my moaning and groaning about how sore my feet have been the past couple of weeks, today I 'went back to basics' and really focused on maintaining...
I like to post about comments I get while running. The other day a lady asked me 'How do you run barefoot!?' I answered, 'Its easy, one foot in front of the...
Know what you mean about those "rain" runs, Ryan. It was raining today on my 10 miler and I had my "groove thang" going on. Nothing but pure gliding along! ...
Hi Ryan, I get a lot of "why do you run barefoot" I answer " because I can" This has worked really well and it is true. Shoeless shetty "think outside the...
Yesterday I was in downtown Portland and decided to run one of my favorite routes along the Willamette river. At one point I stopped to watch and listen to a...
I would argue that there is something subconscious in barefoot runners that we all desire not to be part of the "pack", that given half a chance we will break...
Hi Rick, For the record, I'd like to state that I am an Atheist. I always have been, and I always will be. I'm not trying to spark controversy, but, based on...
Justin - That's cool if you believe the way you believe ... Just as it is cool the way Ken Bob believes in Veganism. Just because I post on his board doesn't...
Justin: I hope you decide to keep participating. Where diverse ideas are not shared openly, personal growth can become stagnated. Many segments of society...
This sharing-of-belief question is very delicate and tricky. I have no belief, and I find myself a little uncomfortable when others share their belief(s)....
Thanks for checking in Jerry, both with your mileage and your thoughts. I thought you put forth good perspective. Rick ... others share ... suspect ... become ...
Monday I was ill, a little feverish, and it took me a couple of days to completely recover. Thursday I had an interval traing on track (I made a total of 10...
Sometimes sickness can take more out of us then we think. No matter, 10.6 is a good bf mileage report! Thanks for checking in Peter. BTW - I guess I always...
41.6 miles for me this week Doug ... From: "Barefoot Rick" <rroeber@...> To: <BarefootRick@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 1:06 PM Subject:...
Two weeks ago you did over 50, last week you took it easier and now you're kicking it up a notch, again. Good week Doug! Thanks for checking in! Rick ... ...
Yes, now that you mention it, 41.6 miles represents my second most number of miles run barefoot in a week since beginning in earnest last July. I do have a...
Only got in 2 runs this week for 6 miles. Went on a 4 day weekend trout fishing/camping trip. However, I did get in several miles of fishing the stream...
I know how cold Colorado streams can get and, yes, that must have been fun. It always interests me that people's discomfort levels seem to shrink more and more...