Let me have the priviledge of posting the first message at this board. Let more people come on in and show that it is indeed all right to go barefoot, and even...
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Al Crystal
au_barefoot@...
Jun 4, 2001 4:52 am
G'day from Sydney! It's great to have such mailing groups. I love to walk/run barefoot and I love to see other people doing the same... Anybody else from...
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john brewer
brewer@...
Jun 6, 2001 6:08 am
greetings from hong kong, billy; not a great place to walk around barefoot but this is definitely the only way to remember how to run properly john ... be...
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Billy Gard
billygard@...
Jun 8, 2001 10:36 pm
Ah, we now have three joiners in the group. All from different countries too. I've heard that Sydney is strong barefoot territory. I talked with a barefooter...
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Al Crystal
au_barefoot@...
Jun 9, 2001 1:15 am
... It certainly is! Winter has just started but that doesn't stop me - and many others - from being barefoot the whole time. Our winters are quite mild ...
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Ken Saxton
Ken@...
Jun 9, 2001 2:05 pm
... I am known. Good to see so many joiners. I hadn't anticipated this many so soon after I began the group. There are actually 8 members so far, myself ...
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Billy Gard
billygard@...
Jun 11, 2001 4:04 am
I'm glad you made it to the site, Ken. Since Memorial Day, when I made a crossover into basically going barefoot, I've been doing my 3 half-hour runs a week...
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Ken Saxton
Ken@...
Jun 11, 2001 3:20 pm
I ran barefoot for many years without doing the ball/heel/ball method of running. It was when I got out onto rocky trails that the pain cues taught me, after...
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Billy Gard
billygard@...
Jun 13, 2001 11:07 pm
It has been a concern of mine that Richard Frazine's book The Barefoot Hiker actually considers pavement to be actually detrimental to bare feet, that it acts...
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Ken Saxton
Ken@...
Jun 15, 2001 3:01 pm
Like most things with the body, there is adjustment to the activity you do. Also, there is equilibrium, if one doesn't overdo. Most of my running is on...
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Billy Gard
billygard@...
Jun 24, 2001 2:06 am
Is there anyone in this fold who rides the motorcycle barefoot? And are there any reports as to reactions by the law?...
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pbj@...
Jun 25, 2001 1:54 pm
I have been easing into running barefoot on a grassy surface. I run for 20 to 30 minutes using interval training. I work on maintaining a certain quality for...
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John Brewer
brewer@...
Jun 25, 2001 2:15 pm
paul, nearly 50 years ago my dad was racing against pirie and ibbotson and in those days no-one ran any other way; i've only ever suffered shin stress when...
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Ken Saxton
Ken@...
Jun 26, 2001 12:42 am
... been ... walking ... Paul, Pirie had a lot of good things to say about running. But, I don't agree with everything he said. Especially about walking. First...
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Ken Saxton
Ken@...
Jun 26, 2001 12:52 am
... According to the following website; http://www.urbanlegends.com/legal/driving.barefoot/driving_barefoot.ht ml barefoot motorcycle riding is illegal only in...
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pbj@...
Jun 26, 2001 5:41 pm
... agree with everything he said. Especially about walking. First of all he wrote that "Walking is landing on the heels with a straight leg". And perhaps...
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alking40@...
Jun 27, 2001 2:55 pm
Hi ya'll. Am I the first female member? Am I the first person from the Deep South (Atlanta, Georgia)? I just found this site and thought it was interesting....
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oliver@...
Jun 27, 2001 10:55 pm
I'm from the _real_ deep south, Dunedin in New Zealand. It's a couple of hundred km to the bottom of the South Island, then nothing but one fairly big island...
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Ken Saxton
Ken@...
Jun 28, 2001 2:53 am
... I ran barefoot at St. George in 1999. Still my second fastest marathon (of 12 total). Great downhill course, my legs were stiff afterwards, but my feet...
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Annie King
alking40@...
Jun 28, 2001 3:15 pm
This is so interesting! Do you have any unusual races in New Zealand? We have a couple a round the states where people dress up in costumes. ... ...
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oliver@...
Jun 28, 2001 11:19 pm
Re NZ races... There's a big annual fun run in Auckland. I've never done it because I've never lived there. Some people do tend to dress up for that. I saw...
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dale_timm@...
Jun 29, 2001 6:10 pm
Hi Everyone! My name is Dale Timm and I live in Solana Beach, California. This is the first internet group that I have ever joined so please forgive me if I...
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hikingbarefoot@...
Jun 29, 2001 7:42 pm
Hi Dale, I used to live in SD. Ken is correct as I have run with him. The people that told you otherwise have not tried it themselves. How can they give you an...
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Ken Saxton
Ken@...
Jul 3, 2001 1:27 am
Dale and everybody Welcome to the group. I'm happy to see so much activity here after just over one month of existence. I think it took about a month to get...
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RunningBarefoot@yahoo...
Jul 3, 2001 1:41 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the RunningBarefoot group. File :...
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chads@...
Jul 9, 2001 4:10 am
Just wanted to introduce myself. This board is great, let's keep it going! I'm 25 years old, ran about 60 miles a week in high school and part of college, but...
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chads@...
Jul 9, 2001 4:31 am
Has anyone had any experience running in any type of sock-like device to enable one to run barefoot on rougher surfaces when the skin isn't quite yet ready for...
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cprunyan@...
Jul 9, 2001 6:40 am
The closest thing you'll find to running barefoot with protection is to wear wrestling shoes. They have a flexible sole with little or no cushioning and will...
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Ken Saxton
Ken@...
Jul 9, 2001 3:03 pm
... than ... First of all, I hope you aren't literally "pounding"; your feet! One of the key advantages to running barefoot, wether you do it all the time or...
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Ken Saxton
Ken@...
Jul 9, 2001 3:12 pm
... braking ... the ... I ... I ran barefoot for ten years on asphalt and other surfaces without heel problems, and without really thinking about my landing ...
