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  • Founded: May 25, 2001
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Hello. Newbie here with a pain question. I've been running for years as a heel-striker. Switched to landing on my forefoot, with minimalist shoes, about three...
15 Dec 7, 2009
3:32 am

Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
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Yesterday I got the list of the number one fan picks for 2009 audio books and noticed Born to Run as the number one non-fiction!!  I don't have it in print...
2 Dec 5, 2009
2:11 pm

Terry J. Benzie
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Hey guys still read the posts daily and I am week two of c25k. Talk about taking it slow!! Here in Arkansas it has turned a little cold, not freezing but...
24 Dec 4, 2009
3:36 pm

Gordon
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the offiical Ironman rule states that "shoes are required on the bike and run" so I taped a pair of aquasocks under my saddle for the bike and in my fanny...
1 Dec 4, 2009
5:38 am

tetsujin87@...
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For their Undie run, no less: http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/004568.html from the release: "For safety reasons, all participants are required to...
8 Dec 4, 2009
5:20 am

Billy
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My son introduced me to the idea of barefoot running (he's not doing it yet either though) and at first I was incredulous as we both have very weak feet with...
10 Dec 4, 2009
12:50 am

Mike Rose
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Hi everyone, First off, I would like to thank everyone for their thoughts, experiences, advice and above all HUMOR! I think there must be a correlation between...
11 Dec 3, 2009
4:31 pm

Matt Ray
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Sorry for the long post, I've been obsessing about this idea... Would there be any interest in creating a barefoot running league, where we track races and...
3 Dec 3, 2009
8:39 am

tetsujin87@...
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Hello ya'll, I'm thinking about running the Surfside Beach Marathon in Feb. The whole thing is run on the beach. I would like this to be my first full...
4 Dec 2, 2009
6:23 pm

Dale
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I was forced into my Vibrams last night due to it simply being too cold. I tried my absolute best to run in as barefoot a fashion, I had no choice. It was...
7 Dec 2, 2009
4:54 pm

Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
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I am so proud of this blog comment I got tonight: It said, "How the hell are your feet & ankles holding up, now that you're running barefoot??? "And if you...
11 Dec 2, 2009
3:35 pm

reecekh
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Hi I live in SW London,UK and I have been reading and learning from these posts for a few months now. I can now easily run 6 miles either in parkland or on...
8 Dec 2, 2009
12:53 pm

yanni papastavrou
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXRe0N1hejE Enjoy!...
2 Dec 1, 2009
5:16 pm

mightymait
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Hi all this is Diego from Chicago. Now a resident of Las Cruces New Mexico. Just started my running here, beautiful weather for being barefoot! Are there...
2 Nov 30, 2009
8:04 pm

Ryan W
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Last time I posted here, I was doing my mid-week runs on socks with protective duct tape on the sole. Since then, I have improved and modified my running...
9 Nov 30, 2009
12:38 am

Scott Hulseapple
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It only has about a second of me running BF, but I did the whole run that day (3 1/2 or 4 miles) barefoot. ...
8 Nov 28, 2009
6:43 pm

climbhoser@...
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Tis the season and all....
1 Nov 26, 2009
8:25 pm

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Yesterday I run the first marathon of my life. A friend taped the race and published a post on his blog. I would like to share this photos and this video with...
8 Nov 25, 2009
3:48 pm

nanopiesnegros
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is barefoot running good if one leg is longer that the other- thanks...
21 Nov 25, 2009
2:45 pm

ross alloway
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So, I've been running 5 miles 4 times a week or more on the beach and today about half way in I stopped to snap a photo on my blackberry of the sunset. When...
2 Nov 24, 2009
2:47 am

Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
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ok one last race report for a while. I realize that now that I'm a big boy, I don't need to announce every single achievement anymore but here goes anyway,...
2 Nov 24, 2009
1:43 am

Ryan W
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Mucho years ago, I worked with a guy who was a part-time phys ed & racquetball coach at the local university. Sometimes we would go on midnight runs after our...
1 Nov 23, 2009
7:20 pm

Ryan W
ardydub
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In my profession I often get bulletins about up-coming continuing education classes on various topics. Today there was one about religious accommodation in the...
1 Nov 23, 2009
7:02 pm

Ryan W
ardydub
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So last Friday I waited around almost all day for the rain to slow down. Its been raining up here the way we usually lie to folks about just to discourage the...
1 Nov 23, 2009
8:23 am

Ryan W
ardydub
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When you do have to cover your feet for various reasons(too, hot not allowed, etc). Has any one found shoes that are the next best thing to being barfoot?...
8 Nov 23, 2009
8:01 am

Ryan W
ardydub
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i just went out barefoot for the first time. it is cold and wet here so my feet got a little numb but not bad. i only went about a block. my feet feel good....
4 Nov 23, 2009
7:50 am

Ryan W
ardydub
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I have a week knee (I had ACL replacement 2X and never fully rehabed) I'm always being told I need shoes with a lot of cushioning to protect my knee and...
3 Nov 23, 2009
1:10 am

sumes toh
sumes
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A sign of changing times: I just met three physical therapists that embrace barefoot running. All three are in various stages of transitioning. It is very...
8 Nov 22, 2009
11:10 pm

Jason
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I know, I know ... after 66 marathons and the last 48 marathons barefoot, so what, right? Well, anyway, just in case anyone is interested here's the stats. Not...
2 Nov 22, 2009
8:58 pm

Jan Hetherington
feldyjan
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Howdy all! I joined to ask this question, but will undoubtedly stay for all of the cool people chatting here about BF running! Question is at the end, so bear...
2 Nov 22, 2009
5:34 pm

Andrew Hull
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