Hey Ken, Is it possible to get webspace for a runnning group. Sounds good. How does it work? Can I post directly to it, or would you and what would the domain...
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lgfarlow
Apr 15, 2002 2:04 pm
I posted back in February a training issue regarding toes bleeding, etc. as I was beginning to run barefoot. Just want to say that I've kept it up and my feet...
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Jon Pappas
pappas_jon
Apr 16, 2002 3:14 pm
I'm a barefoot newbie. This is my first posting to this group. Has anyone tried running in something like Teva's river bootie to slowly get acclimated to...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
Apr 16, 2002 8:29 pm
I ran for a year in wrestling shoes before trying going barefoot. Really going barefoot is a lot harder, but you do get a lot of benefits from wearing shoes...
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Rechtschaffen, Glenn
grechtnz
Apr 16, 2002 8:44 pm
I've posted before about wearing booties. My point was and is that when you have to run on rough surfaces, even for only part of the run, a bootie keeps you...
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hikingbarefoot
Apr 17, 2002 11:44 am
hey All, I heard on the radio there was at least one barefoot runner in the Marathon. Anybody know about this or how to find out? Preston...
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elira67
Apr 18, 2002 10:11 am
this is my 2nd day without shoes and it is gr8, my family thinks im crazy but what else is new :-), just wondering if there are any barefooters in the dallas...
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John Rupp
johnlvs2run
Apr 18, 2002 10:17 am
I tried tevas and did not like them all all. They are quite cumbersome and also expensive. I got some of the beach shoes at Walmart for $6 have worn them a...
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duckfeetbilly
Apr 22, 2002 2:54 am
OH NO! What ever happened to the Running Barefoot website? It has gone down. It was first reported at the DSS-list. And they're right....
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runbarefoot
Apr 22, 2002 2:58 pm
I just got a reply from my new ISP, after asking about the problem last Thursday. The Domain name expired on April 17. Here is the explanation I got from...
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runbarefoot
Apr 22, 2002 7:57 pm
We didn't have a Running Barefoot team at Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon this year. but I see that my good friend, Todd Byers, decided to run barefoot anyway. ...
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duckfeetbilly
Apr 26, 2002 11:54 pm
I recently went on my first jog of the warmer season, barefoot. I hit something that felt strikingly sharp with the back of my heel. Into the next day it felt...
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runbarefoot
Apr 27, 2002 5:43 pm
... Into ... appears ... an ... I rarely got blood blisters from running barefoot. But, when I first took to the mountainous trails barefoot, I would...
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duckfeetbilly
Apr 29, 2002 1:05 am
When I was looking at the foot website at http://family.med.und.nodak.edu/course/FMed9320/pronation/gait.htm I looked up a bunch of arcane foot words, mainly...
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John Rupp
johnlvs2run
Apr 29, 2002 4:36 pm
"when the foot is rolled inward so the weight is on the inner edge, this is pronation, and this loosens the arches so that they can flatten out and absorb...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
Apr 29, 2002 6:51 pm
Pronation is if you're standing on your feet and you roll them inward, or toward the center of your body. Supination is the opposite and means rolling your...
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happyconway
Apr 30, 2002 11:57 am
Hi there, I'm really enjoying reading all this stuff, it helps a lot. Last week I had the really frustrating cramping calves which made walking difficult, let...
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happyconway
Apr 30, 2002 12:03 pm
Hi John, Thanks for the skipping tips. I agree with the beach shoes. Over here (in NZ) most of our roads are made with chip seal which is really hard to run...
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joeyblue001
Apr 30, 2002 2:58 pm
At 48 years of age, I ran my very first 5K race on Saturday, 20 April, 2002. It was for The Clean Air Council as a part of Earth Day 02. There were 698 runners...
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plabo2
Apr 30, 2002 3:19 pm
... Good advice, but I think this needs some important clarification. It is true that the feet need to be pointed ahead and rolled onto the outside edge...but...
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plabo2
Apr 30, 2002 3:47 pm
... Correction: I meant "not by tilting the FEET inward," not the ankles. This would have the feel of turning the ankles outward. Peter...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
Apr 30, 2002 4:46 pm
Peter, Are there any specific exercises you did that helped strengthen the arch muscles? I guess I could be misleading people with the way I stated that about...
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plabo2
Apr 30, 2002 7:54 pm
... Chris, You basically said the right things in your original post. Pointing your feet forward is an important part of ambulating efficiently. For one thing,...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
Apr 30, 2002 9:40 pm
Peter, Thanks for the tips. I've been making a lot of progress and have done some of these things, but it helps a lot to hear from someone else whose actually...
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plabo2
Apr 30, 2002 10:15 pm
... Chris, Funny you should mention eyesight correction. I've been there too. If I tell an optometrist that my vision fluctuates according to my mental and...
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duckfeetbilly
May 3, 2002 9:24 pm
I just did my second barefoot jog of the season. My feet are fine, but having picked a long hill for this jog, I noted a peculiar thing that happens when I...
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runbarefoot
May 13, 2002 3:32 pm
Joey, Congratulations on your first 5K race! Whoo Hooo! The difference in times could be explained a hundred different ways. But the bottom line is, either...
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elira67
May 14, 2002 3:40 am
does anybody know when it will be back up????...
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runbarefoot
May 14, 2002 8:22 pm
Drinking water is important, but doesn't keep moisture in the mouth where the air is passing through. I have found that a cough drop helps when doing long...
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runbarefoot
May 14, 2002 8:32 pm
There is an excellent book by John Ott entitled "Health and light" (1973) subtitled; "the effects of natural and artificial light on man and other living...
