Loving these cooler temps! Ran most of my mileage earlier in the week and took it easy the past couple of days since I knew I was running a marathon early...
Report with pics: http://www.barefootrunner.org/reports/06hoa/06hoa.htm Columbia Tribune Article: "Marathoner bares his soles Roeber runs HOA race sans shoes."...
That was a great story (rather autobiography) about your run and congrats on a faster time. I'm still resting from a Mar of 10 days ago in water-soaked shoes...
Actually, shorter stride and quicker cadence is best. Your feet will fall more naturally that way with less impact. Plus, your body will be more perpindicular...
Hey Rick, that's awesome! Nice article, fabulous time and great report. I love what you told the other runners to encourage them....very funny. I gotta say...
Thanks Cris! I appreciate your kind words. Ya know, the longer I run barefoot I find that there are really some simple fundamentals on running on seemingly...
Good feedback, Rick, thanks. I especially appreciate the faith-based approach. I can honestly say I was *not* a relaxed runner after I hit that first rock...
My mileages may be too low to relate to improvements in performance and I don't do any speed work but I was only 1min/55 seconds faster in this year's half...
Maybe it's more of a semantics thing, Jon. I don't look at my daily runs as training runs but "passion runs" because it is what I enjoy doing. Possibly your...
Rick - you are very perceptive. In my pre-barefoot days, all my running was just for the sake of keeping in off-season shape for winter skiing but barefoot...
Just curious .. do you consider yourself a better skiier pre- or post- barefoot running? Or, did it make a difference? I am thinking that any kind of sport...
I started my week this Labor Day with the Runner's Edge Trail Half Marathon in Libertyville IL. As this is run on a rocky trail, I opted to run it in Five...
Uh .. YEAH! .. I think a 1:36 is darn good for a half! Congrats Doug! Bet ya got lots of comments on your FiveFingers. I wear mine into stores sometimes and...
A good week with a marathon debuting the week on Monday. 54.2 miles this week. http://barefootrunner.org/06weeklymileage/weekending9-10-06.htm Note: On Monday...
Of course it depends on how bad you bruised it Cris. The bruises I have received from running barefoot, both on the ball of my foot and the heel, have...
Rick - jon - 18.1 miles back to all barefoot mileages this week with 13.1 mile Labor Day Half Marathon (in eight year PR - 1:53:12) and 5 mile fitness run on...
Excellent Jon! Doug - 23.2 barefoot Rick - 54.2 barefoot Cris - 6.25 Jon - 18.1 101.75 A little more than 25 miles per runner this week. A new mileage total ...
I will post more on this later but there was a 9 hour and 11 minute run today in Olathe Kansas that started at noon and went til 9:11 p.m. I ended up running 6...
I am going to be talking to the manager of our local municipal fitness center about changing their policy to allow barefoot running on the indoor track. Thus...
Full report with lots of pics: http://barefootrunner.org/reports/06patriots/06patriots.htm Thanks for reading! BR ... TEXT VERSION (NO PICS) Barefoot Rick's...
For me, Doug, I just never had the energy to argue or even try to reson with these folks, so therefore I don't have any info to offer. What I did the first and...
Thanks ya'll, for your kind words. I still can't believe I did it! Resting comfortably, Rick ... to ... sing ... forget. ... had ... After ... rest ... just ...
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