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22791 Antony
sabretoothed Send Email
Jun 1, 2008
10:16 pm
Hi, Yeah its interesting the Queensland rate. In Queensland is a bit like your Miami, you don't need long pants you wear short sleves all the time, the...
22792 Ryan - Barefoot in Va...
ardydub Send Email
Jun 2, 2008
6:42 pm
Good observations -- good contribution to BF running form... Ryan ... the two feet landing was throwing it off. ... way to "find" that form that you might be...
22793 Ryan - Barefoot in Va...
ardydub Send Email
Jun 2, 2008
7:38 pm
Something else to consider -- It makes a difference on the feet on when they are supporting weight. If your legs are extended behind you, they have little to...
22794 Ryan - Barefoot in Va...
ardydub Send Email
Jun 2, 2008
7:40 pm
100K? Wow, what a distance to be able to run!! I am impressed!! Ryan...
22795 Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot Send Email
Jun 2, 2008
8:10 pm
If the rear leg is trailing too long, it is difficult to get the foot in position for the next step. In other words, the quick pull up of the foot, helps keep...
22796 Antony
sabretoothed Send Email
Jun 2, 2008
11:04 pm
Hi, Yeah I think I've got it now, I can run every day now and I just get a few muscles aches now just from energy being absorbed by muscles and not hard...
22797 Antony
sabretoothed Send Email
Jun 2, 2008
11:05 pm
After the 15km race I did on Sunday, it just reaffirmed I'm not going to race over this distance lol its too fast for too long, so 100km is pretty amazing! I...
22798 Ryan - Barefoot in Va...
ardydub Send Email
Jun 3, 2008
12:22 am
Interesting observation. I have noticed that my easiest running form not only feels like I am leaning on the edge of falling over (forward) but it feels like I...
22799 Antony
sabretoothed Send Email
Jun 3, 2008
1:07 am
I think you need to lift the foot off the ground before the other one drops, not sure what it does but it works lol ;) The one that drops just drops with...
22800 tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87 Send Email
Jun 3, 2008
4:38 am
how are the soles, . . . vibrams and yours after 100K? I did my first one last year in Merrell Bahria trail thongs with vibram-like tough soles but the soles...
22801 tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87 Send Email
Jun 3, 2008
8:58 pm
Thanks to Promotion Sports for designating the annual Fremont 5K Fun Run and Briefcase Relay as a RunningBarefoot Run of the Month. ...
22802 Barefoot Rick
rroeber Send Email
Jun 4, 2008
1:33 am
Thanks Jon. Actually, this year I think I will try to break my 40 mile BF personal record. We have 9 hours and 11 minutes to do it on 9/11. ...
22803 tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87 Send Email
Jun 4, 2008
1:08 pm
Rick - thanks for the update on this year's 9/11 Patriot's 9hr/11min time ultra run on the Two Trails Park in Olathe. I didn't know it was on-going. The...
22804 Richard Geller
rgeller3403 Send Email
Jun 4, 2008
6:40 pm
I went around Paris mostly without shoes. I got no comments and a few but very few strange looks. Didn't run because I was walking for hours each day. It was...
22805 Barefoot Rick
rroeber Send Email
Jun 4, 2008
7:40 pm
The fam and I will be there next month. Haven't been to Paris since 2000. I wasn't running barefoot then, but I remember there were some excellent fine gravel...
22806 purplelephant83 Send Email Jun 6, 2008
2:14 pm
just found out this morning i was selected from the lottery to run the ny marathon this november! is anyone else here running it this year? has anyone ran it...
22807 Gene Gugliotta
thinnmann Send Email
Jun 6, 2008
2:24 pm
see http://www.acsm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=10104 http://tinyurl.com/4arnlf "By compiling the forces that the...
22808 Gene Gugliotta
thinnmann Send Email
Jun 6, 2008
2:26 pm
Ran it 4X, not barefoot. BF Rick ran it BF last year. see http://www.barefootrunner.org/reports/07nycmarathon/07nycmarathon.htm...
22809 Mike Rose
mrose55 Send Email
Jun 6, 2008
3:03 pm
I liked this comment from the article: “Walking barefoot has its advantages, such as giving the intrinsic muscles of the foot more work and therefore making...
22810 Vijay Thirumalai
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Jun 6, 2008
4:23 pm
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/Springtime/story?id=5013448&page=1 Cheers -VJ...
22811 Gene Gugliotta
thinnmann Send Email
Jun 6, 2008
5:28 pm
Same study. Spin courtesy ABC. Get this: "We became interested in flip-flops when we noticed an increase in lower leg pain when our students came back from...
22812 Antony
sabretoothed Send Email
Jun 6, 2008
10:33 pm
Dunno about flip flops though if the heel is not connected at the back you do use some sort of calf action to flick the back up on each step which is not very...
22813 Mike Rose
mrose55 Send Email
Jun 6, 2008
11:09 pm
... I don't think so. At least no more than what I do when running barefoot to ensure that I do not land/touch on my heel prior to landing/touching on the...
22814 nyhemant Send Email Jun 7, 2008
12:13 am
Hi Benny, Congratulations! Are you thinking of running barefoot? I got in as well though I am very sceptical if I will run all of it barefoot considering I...
22815 Antony
sabretoothed Send Email
Jun 7, 2008
4:59 am
I think if it was connected at the back like a roman sandle the then it would be normal? ... From: Mike Rose To: RunningBarefoot@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
22816 pieter9999 Send Email Jun 7, 2008
2:46 pm
"The major shock absorption occurs back on the heel, and if the surface between the heel and the ground is not supported it does not allow the heel to absorb...
22817 Michael Rose
mrose55 Send Email
Jun 7, 2008
4:55 pm
... then it would be normal? ... The pair that I normally wear seems normal enough even without a back strap. I happened to put on a pair of my step-son's...
22818 nyhemant Send Email Jun 7, 2008
6:09 pm
I saw this NYT article about health hazards of going barefoot in parks, especially urban parks like those in NYC. It also talks about pure pleasures of walking...
22819 pieter9999 Send Email Jun 7, 2008
6:14 pm
Hi, yesterday I may have stepped in a thorn or something, and it irritates my foot a bit. However, I can't find anything in that sole! Even with a magnifying ...
22820 gajslk Send Email Jun 7, 2008
7:48 pm
A few months ago I got a tiny sliver of glass in my foot. Every once in a while I would feel it. The second time I went digging with a needle I got it out....
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