Nick, I skimmed through the links you provided and see nothing in there contrary to what I wrote. Perhaps I missed it - point it out if you can. What is your...
I was in Omaha to run the 10K barefoot. But after looking at the railroad bridge with all the glass debris I decided to wear shoes. It took me about a month to...
Hi nano, You burnt it? What was the cause? - is the cement so rough? - is in indeed the chemical compound of the cement? - or was it the heat? I know Madrid...
The homeless spend all day and night outside, and are generally not running. What Nick describes may be exposure, not necessarily frostbite. It's a fine...
Running, like life is an experiment. The nature of experimenting is testing and observing a variety of things to discover new things (or old things, like...
Hi, No it wasn´t the heat. I´ve been running all summer on hot concrete, and don´t have any probles with those temperatures anymore. It is a chemmical burn....
... I ran a long run in about 45degrees today. First 2-3miles felt pretty bad but after that the feet gained most of the sensitivity and cold didn't really...
Today I took my bare feet out into the running community. I ran the Bucktown 5k in Chicago. I overheard several comments about it, most were favorable. I...
Nice job!!! BFT ... -- One foot at a time. One sole at a time. One hell of a good time. Barefoot Ted's Adventures at Weathertop Farms 10577 Pine Hill Drive ...
I once ran past a cement plant which had a lot of cement dust that had blown all around it. I ran through it all and later on got some kind of a chemical burn...
(1) Be sure that you are well fed. You need plenty of fuel in the boiler. When the body starts running low on fuel its first defense against hypothermia is...
Good morning, everyone. Long time, no email. I hope all is well with everyone.  I'll be running the Marine Corps Marathon at the end of the month and it...
Watch out for chilblains. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/chilblains/DS01091 I've had them several times and they suck big time. Let your feet warm up slowly...
Very cool, Travis! Though I have not run the whole MCM barefoot, I have run the MCM with shoes, and I have run a lot of the roads around here barefoot since...
M ST. is indeed not a level surface but you won't be on it too long. I do't like the concrete of the 14th street bridge, it is grooved or something like that....
I have worked barefoot with wet cement, even mixing and molding the cement with my bare hands and feet. However, I was not working continuously all day long....
Well I'm closing in on the 5 mile (1609m) mark. Today I posted a new PR on the track. My time was 5 minutes 7 seconds which is about 5 seconds faster than my...
Dude!!! I fully expect you to do it. So close... BFT ... -- One foot at a time. One sole at a time. One hell of a good time. Barefoot Ted's Adventures at...
Excellent well thought advice. Thank you. I will try it out. Its a little hard (impossible?) to find puddles or shore on manhattan island. Perhaps I should...
Good luck on a sub-five but, in my crowd, a barefoot 5:07 gives me all the credibilty I need to brag about other runningbarefooters' best times. barefoot jon ...
I raced my 2nd marathon yesterday October, 5th. But this time I FiverFingered KSO it. It was a tough one! Having to deal with a head wind of 12 mph (19 kph)...
it has been my experience working with wet cement, that is non cured cement, powder mixed with water, that it is a skin irritant. it is a base,not an acid,...