Bare essentials []Surf City runner Ken Saxton takes a different approach to running marathons By Mike Sciacca, Independent Ken Saxton has found a way to stand...
I've been running barefoot on grass. My feet are starting to build up nicely. Yesterday, I tried running barefoot in the parking lot and it was brutal....
Hello you all ! Altough I did see now and again a few barefoot runner, I thought it must have been some very special people with very special feet indeed ....
Not sure what you mean by non-natural surface? My first barefoot marathon and barefoot 50K were both on trails. These were, in many areas of the course, worse...
Howdy Fellow Barefoot Runners (this is an email I sent to Ken a week ago) I am really happy that I found this group and Ken's website. It has been an ...
Hum.. Hum.. Hello you all! I'm french and came by chance on this group ( I'am part of another Yahoo's running group ), I've always been running in shoes (...
I'm actually running the Pose Method of Running developed by Dr. Romanov. Check it out at posetech.com! I always land on the balls of my feet under my general...
I can't say I'm a barefoot runner yet, but I'm giving it a try. I got the idea from "Explosive Running" when I was looking for pointers on how to improve my...
I have never had a problem with dry skin on my feet, and I did grow up in a climate similar, if not more harsh, than Boston (northern Michigan). I did remove...
I generally have great skin, but ocassionally I do get callouses on my feet. I have found that as my feet improve their flexibility this problem is gradually...
I read that Ken is to run the LA marathon on the 7th of this month. Runners usually taper off a few days before a long race to hydrate and buid up their...
When I played beach volleyball, I got a lot of blisters from the hot sand. I (and a lot of players) would take a needle & thread, pull the thread through the...
Yes, I think the feet, the skin, the tendons, the muscles, etc. all like a rest from hard training. That is, if you actually did some hard training. I usually...
... and ... and ... Its interesting you mentioned tapering in respect to the skin and all. I've run a few marathons barefoot and this time I am experimenting...
Trying to return to running at 52 after a few years off, I've been gradually building up barefoot running at a school track near my home in order to combat...
According to an article in the March 2004 issue of Northwest Runner: after a sterling running career which included a 4:20 mile in high school and sub 2:30 ...
Hi everyone, I have been going barefoot for nearly everything that i do for the last three months. About a month ago, i noticed pain in the 2nd metatarsal ...
Yes, I got a metatarsal stress fracture while running barefoot at the end of this last summer. Happened as I was (foolishly) running down a very steep paved...
I have been thinking about some of the recent posts about stress fractures, foot pains, dry skin, etc. As I tend to drink about 4 quarts of water each day, I...
Hi everyone, I'm new to barefooted-ness. I got turned onto it through www.runningbarefoot.org and after running barefoot one day, I never wanted to put on a...
Same thing with barefoot running. Land on your balls of feet BOF. The calf muscle is the key to allow you to smoothly walk with BOF, as it become stronger and...
... Practice, practice, practice. It feels weird because you're not used to it. As you practice, two things will happen. First you will get more comfortable....
Just got back from the Expo, didn't wait to see myself on the big screen, but some friends did. Anyway, ran into Todd Byers, and Bill Parkyn (Barefoot Bill)....
I'm starting to run barefoot a little bit in Boston since this past week's weather was good (over 45 degrees). Still a bit chilly for barefoot. So I ended...
... I actually did take a few ballet classes decades ago, perhaps that helped with my "graceful" running :-) Avoid the toe shoes. Those are the shoes that the...
The very enticing suede foot thong without heel strap looks like it would serve the function of the round-shaped moleskin adhesive fabric patches many of us...
