These last couple of days I think I've been able to run using the style Ken Bob describes. My feet and ankles have finally strengthened to the point where I...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Dec 2, 2007 7:29 am
Jamie, The only straight-legged running I remember describing is JOGGING, and only as something to AVOID! Many of those I see running straight- legged, are...
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ha.dashi
Dec 2, 2007 10:11 pm
first of all, a big greeting to all in this forum :-) I'm a newbie in barefoot running. I have a little running experience (about 10 marathons so far, 1 per...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Dec 2, 2007 10:52 pm
Keep in mind, that much of what you read on this forum, are the thoughts and reporting of progress, by others, who are newly discovering Running Barefoot. As...
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pieter_hogendoorn
pieter_hogen...
Dec 3, 2007 12:16 pm
Hope you don't keep your heels off the ground all the time? That leads to much stress in the calf. So: relax your lower legs and let your heels (gently) touch...
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oliver t griswold
OliverGriswold
Dec 3, 2007 2:27 pm
running last week in down to 24F no issues as it was dry dry dry. this morning, a relatively balmy 34F but wicked windy and snow / sleet / rain with a little...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
Dec 3, 2007 5:13 pm
welcome to runningbarefoot. I used to be a one a year marathoner too, . . . until I ran the Carlsbad Marathon with Kenbob in 2002 and found out it's okay to...
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ha.dashi
Dec 3, 2007 11:40 pm
hi tetsujin...err...jon ;-) thanks for the welcome :-D are you staying in japan ? I've been there 2 years as well (and participated twice in the nagano...
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ha.dashi
Dec 3, 2007 11:40 pm
... hi peter, thanks :-) no, i do put the heel down; in fact, it seems to me I'm landing even too much "flat-footed"......
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ha.dashi
Dec 3, 2007 11:40 pm
Hello Ken Bob, thanks a LOT for the very exhaustive explanation :-) i'm quite aware of the fact that it will take some time to learn again how to walk and run...
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Justin
judd_e_boy
Dec 4, 2007 12:24 am
Hi Chris, Welcome to barefooting! Those are calluses that "overpronators" get. I think they are from subtle twisting of the sole while it's on the ground. As...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Dec 4, 2007 3:40 am
One thing we will learn while running barefoot, is that it may be necessary, at least on uneven surfaces, to lift the foot (not so much the knees), a bit...
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Patrick Mahoney
eventide139
Dec 4, 2007 4:33 am
... I think there is a tradeoff between the energy cost of lifting the lower leg vs. the energy savings of having a shorter pendulum as the bent leg swings...
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Richard Geller
rgeller3403
Dec 4, 2007 4:05 pm
my experience is that you can have pain that doesn't go away and it doesn't get better with rest. In fact rest can make it feel worse. The solution is...
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Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Dec 4, 2007 5:32 pm
Hi David, Welcome to Running Barefoot! Since I don't play soccer, I'm forwarding this message to the Running Barefoot Yahoo! forum: ...
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Ryan - Barefoot in Va...
ardydub
Dec 4, 2007 5:53 pm
Another plantar facsia stretch I used to help overcome a condition of PF was to stand on a 4" softball (RIF 4 type - Softer than usual) for 3 minutes each foot...
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Ryan - Barefoot in Va...
ardydub
Dec 4, 2007 5:58 pm
Whoa! I have always advocated for LESS straight legged running and LESS forward placement of the feet! Whenever I feel that my running is not feeling very...
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Ryan - Barefoot in Va...
ardydub
Dec 4, 2007 6:02 pm
Hi, Ha.dashi! Welcome to the grand adventure of running barefoot. Once you get into it a little bit, you will enjoy it a whole lot more than the old way. Form...
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Ryan - Barefoot in Va...
ardydub
Dec 4, 2007 6:32 pm
I think as a new runner, I was focusing too much on trying to change my form from an "external"; or "outside-in" approach. That is, I was trying to land on the...
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ha.dashi
Dec 4, 2007 7:43 pm
Hi Ryan, thanks for the welcome :-P believe me, i DO enjoy every minute i do run barefoot (even if I'm just a beginner, and probably making LOTS of errors)....
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Victor Palma
victor_palmajr
Dec 4, 2007 10:17 pm
Just had to jump in and say that I can certainly vouch for what Ken Bob said when he wrote "...and end up with stress fractures in the foot, or strained...
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Billy Gard
duckfeetbilly
Dec 5, 2007 1:09 am
<<< One thing we will learn while running barefoot, is that it may be necessary, at least on uneven surfaces, to lift the foot (not so much the knees), a bit...
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Jason Olshefsky
jayceland
Dec 5, 2007 1:13 pm
... little ... You kids and your slang ... what are "five fingers?" And while I'm at it, what's a "MOOP?" (in this context, not in the crazy art festival in...
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oliver t griswold
OliverGriswold
Dec 5, 2007 4:04 pm
sorry, the five fingers are vibram's shoes with individual toes: http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/ a regular aquasock works great as well (and can be way...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Dec 5, 2007 4:20 pm
I would like to remind people that we get several new members on this group every week. Please, while writing, don't exclude new readers from your...
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Jamie
giant_rider
Dec 5, 2007 5:47 pm
As always, great suggestions Ken. Jason, welcome aboard. In the case of the term "MOOP" we definitely were not trying to be cryptic or elitist. I think Justin...
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keith.blackley
Dec 5, 2007 7:09 pm
Hi I am a new member of this forum and relatively new to barefoot running. I like many others was given the crutches of orthotics when i was in 10th grade. I...
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Justin
judd_e_boy
Dec 5, 2007 11:50 pm
Hi Keith, My problem sounds just the opposite of yours, but judging from what you described, you sound like an oversupinator. Whereas overpronators roll to...
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Justin
judd_e_boy
Dec 5, 2007 11:52 pm
Lol, I use "Moop" because I'm too lazy to type "Morton's-footed Overpronator" every other sentence. But I'll be sure to type it at least once per post. Justin...
