to add to that post, barefoot todd was there representing barefooters in the marathon. he had to start at 9am and encountered quite a bit of ice and rocks...
i'd recomend some moccasins. this company makes very good ones that should pass the all important "boss i am wearing shoes" question: http://www.arrowmoc.com/ ...
did my first barefoot 10k -- and first 10k since the peachtree 10k back in '81 -- yesterday: the pittsburgh great race 10k ( http://www.rungreatrace.com/). i...
I have had folks comment that I must be from Kenya before. Sometimes, I will respond saying "I think my father might take exception to that implication! ;) ...
Rick - 3.1 miles as my running for the week was a 5K Octoberfest race. Looking forward to 13 or so barefoot miles on the opening and finishing pavements in...
Thanks Jon, as always! Go get 'em, Chris! ... finishing ... be putting on ... patheway, . . . and in ... running, Barefoot ... no matter ... <rroeber@> ... ...
Put me down for zero again this week. I'm still having trouble with the foot... thinking about breaking down and letting a doc look at it... (I'm having a...
hey michae - I've skied on the Lake Tahoe snow and, if you've got any photos with the lake in the background, you'd be a barefoot poster boy for us for sure....
Yes, that's right. I was just recently wishing for extra hours in my days when I realized that would also mean extra hours in my work days, hmmmm.....if we...
Put me down for 14.5 bf miles last week. By far my highest bf mileage week ever! I'm gearing up for the Literacy Network 10k this weekend, should be a fun...
As I suspected I will need to build up the running very slowly, last week got to my feet big time. But now I know that I can do it, it is just a matter of...
Hi Victoria, Yes, you have come to the same conclusion that I came to when I was making my transition to barefooting. We need to learn to walk barefoot before...
I don't agree with this. in my opinion, one learns running by running. one can certainly get insights into it from doing other things, but only by running...
Justin, you make some interesting comments about relaxing. Like anything, confusion arises from the very definition of "relax". Trying to take it literally...
Justin, well said. That is my experience as well. Add to that, that I am still building my aerobic base and I can't run continuously with proper (very fast)...
... A citation from the book Chi Running by Dreyer (actually he is quoting one of his teacher) "Relaxation is the absence of unecessary effort." it says...
at this point i can't say enough good things about chi running. after collecting dust on my shelf for a few weeks i grabbed it after tweaking my calf last week...
A good week of BF miles folks! Totaled 334.51 BF Miles! Notables this past week are: * Laura moves up to Titanium with her 16.5 BF mile week (Atta girl, ...