Hello, Rick! I am almost embarrased to report my running efforts - they are so meager compared with the Herculean efforts of you and others! I seem to be stuck...
Ryan, Quantity of miles is not always the best way to be judging your running. Sounds like it has become somewhat of a trial for you. By all means, seek out...
Thanks, Rick! After posting my whiney report, I went out running on those smooth surfaces I mentioned. I ran around one 3 mile loop fairly successfully, so I...
That sounds like good motivation to me! Sometimes, I like to run in the most crowded area that I can. This morning, I ran through downtown Estes Park out...
My mileage was down just a bit the first week of August, but it was great to be away from the oppressive heat of the midwest and be in a cooler, drier climate....
I am really happy with this article. Brian Graham took the time to go through my website and put in his article my entire running history (in a nutshell, of...
It occurred to me on my lunchtime run how much fun I have barefoot running. The first mile, I am getting into my "groove" and the smile on my face starts to...
Kind of got back in the swing of things this week AND of course returned to the blazing hot temps in the midwest. The respite in Colorado the week before was...
Travelling, backpacking, hiking… Many of us LOVE it, and some of us ENJOY it even more if they're doing it barefoot! I've spent YEARS on the road, and I've...
Thanks for the fun post! I once had a man ask me the same thing while I was running shod: Why do you do this when you look so miserable? I had no idea I looked...
Thanks Ryan! You and Jon up there in the Great Northwest have been having fun for years doing this! Thanks for the encouraging words. Someone asked me today on...
"Nobody likes a poser, right? Well, maybe. Just depends on the person's motives, I suppose. I used to dislike, strongly, the term "Fake it 'til you make it!"...
I think it is part of Seussian literature, that states "Inch by inch it's a cinch, yard by yard it is hard!" Or, my favorite, "Inch by inch, it's a cinch, mile...
Sure will be nice when the temps start to cool down a bit. Did a 10 mile race on Saturday. Mediocre results, but the journey was a blast through mud and gunk...
Well, for the non-religious types I advise you not to read any further. This rambling will be rife with scripture and how I see barefoot running, barefoot...
What are some of the things, good and bad, that you step on during your barefoot runs particular to your locale that are of one extreme or the other. In the...
I heard that a long time ago, and it still applies to all areas of life, especially in our case, for barefoot running. "Practice the "do's" in life and you...
In the Pacific Northwest: BAD: Acorn nuts & shells Chipseal Slugs (they are slippery!) Corrugated textures on cement sidewalks GOOD: New asphalt Curb cement...
It is so cool to run and be conscious of all the details of a run! Barefoot running gives me the ability to not go into what I call a "blackout run". Blackout...
Ha! Bridge decks over rivers! That was the culprit with the mud during my 10 miler on Saturday. The mud and the slick surface of the decking was like a...
Just in case you haven't figured this out, I love metaphor! I think it is a wonderful vehicle to allow us to think and rationalize who we are and what we can...
Over the last few weeks I have gradually been getting my feet accustomed to barefoot running, and aside from sore foot pads if I don't make it out before noon...
Like you say, we're not physicians around here (at least I'm not), but have you considered that it may be a circulation problem due to overuse? Kinda like your...
What?? No more black-out runs? I used to love that meditative trance I would get when the endorphins struck. There were times when my mind would drift off and...
Hmmmm ... good points, Ryan. Maybe blackout runs have their place. Nothing is ever black and white. I'm sure there is a balance. I guess my point was that all...
What does it mean when you're out running barefoot and some guy remarks, "You're not all there, buddy!" Is he implying that my "there" is not all "here"? As...
I suspect that your ankle pain is just a reaction to being used more or differently than you have been used to. I noticed when I starting running BF, that I ...
I think I am on a writing binge. Seems I have been a binger all my life. When I smoked, I would binge for several months and then quit for long periods of...
This reminds me of a great line from one my wife's favorite movies, "Fried Green Tomatoes", where an older lady named Weaser comments, "I'm not depressed - ...
