My experience: - walking barefoot is very helpful in improving running barefoot technique - walking barefoot will cause even more people to think you are nuts....
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yannipapastavrou
yannipapasta...
Jul 1, 2008 10:43 am
Dear fellow naked-foot runners, A request for some thoughts, problem sharing and advice with the problem of inner thigh chafing. For the first few years of...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Jul 1, 2008 1:27 pm
A couple years ago, I ran the Disneyland half-marathon, and got to run through the park barefoot. The event was held early in the morning before the park was...
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yannipapastavrou
yannipapasta...
Jul 1, 2008 1:43 pm
... I would hope you were not the only barefoot character, since I would expect Dumbo, The Aristo cats, mowgli and the animals in "The Jungle Book", tarzan and...
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michae
heymichae
Jul 1, 2008 1:47 pm
Hey there Yanni, i believe the greatest aid to not chafing is to lose the addiction to the salt shaker... i'm sure you have seen people at the end of a long...
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michae
heymichae
Jul 1, 2008 1:50 pm
stories of Apachies running for days in a row with only a mouthful of water, i'm sure that they covered over 100miles barefoot. ... From: no one...
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Mike Rose
mrose55
Jul 1, 2008 2:40 pm
Yanni, There are 2 things that I know of that will cause me to have a chafing problem. One is having a little too much flab in my thigh/crotch area and the...
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yannipapastavrou
yannipapasta...
Jul 1, 2008 2:55 pm
Hi Michae, I completely agree - an excess of salt is certainly a bad idea, and I have indeed cut out added salt wherever possible for quite a few years....
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Barefoot Rick
rroeber
Jul 1, 2008 3:07 pm
Hi Yanni! I myself don't abuse salt either, and I still remember chafing when I wore regular running shorts. Personally, I wouldn't run with anything but lycra...
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Robert A. Neinast
petlauh
Jul 1, 2008 3:29 pm
... chafing problem. One is having a little too much flab in my thigh/crotch area and the other is humidity. I wonder if we can build up callus on our inner...
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Ryan - Barefoot in Va...
ardydub
Jul 1, 2008 3:34 pm
I wonder if your body hasn't built-up some muscles in the inner thigh area? I have found my leg muscles are much different from running barefoot than they used...
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daniela daniela
daniela_dani...
Jul 1, 2008 6:55 pm
It is very true that most people get way too much salt intake, but please beware of hyponatremia, risk factors are being female, thin and small-framed, and...
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Barefoot Rick
rroeber
Jul 1, 2008 7:44 pm
Been there ... done that on several occasions. I have at times been dehydrated and have shown symptoms of hyponatremia. After one ocassion a few years ago,...
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Barefoot Rick
rroeber
Jul 1, 2008 8:21 pm
I think you may be thinking of Donald Duck. He was the speech-challenged cousin of WB's Daffy Duck. ... ... How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good...
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Nick L.
nyparamedic
Jul 1, 2008 11:19 pm
Yani, I had a similar problem when I first started running about 3 years ago. I was a bit over weight and I have what can be considered --even before any ...
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Jon Simon
acuneedles
Jul 2, 2008 12:27 pm
I was thinking on my last run...during the day the sidewalk gets blasted with sunlight, and in the summer lots of heat. It can be 75 and the blacktop is too...
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Barefoot Rick
rroeber
Jul 2, 2008 1:23 pm
I was thinking about how hot the asphalt was yesterday during a bf 10 miler. It was close to 90F. I like the searing affect I feel under my feet from hot...
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Antony
sabretoothed
Jul 2, 2008 1:28 pm
Hi, Yeah the UV would kill pretty much all of it, I wouldn't worry about it there would be more bacteria in your socks ;) Antony ... From: Jon Simon To:...
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Micheal Carroll
michael.visi...
Jul 2, 2008 2:39 pm
Hello, Since I have started running barefoot, and or minimal shoes my leg muscles have dramatically increased. I am 6'6 and am down to about 220lbs. Because of...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Jul 2, 2008 2:52 pm
this is quite true, and while dehydration can be quite annoying (at the least), hyponatremia can kill very quickly. Personally, I think it is the rapid change...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Jul 2, 2008 3:07 pm
I think Yanni's goal was to get away from using a crutch to solve the problem. In other words, if we are designed, naturally to run, then we shouldn't need to...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Jul 2, 2008 3:12 pm
More like the callus we build up on the tops of our feet, from wearing shoes, since the skin is of a thinner nature than the soles. But, yes, it should be...
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lastplacejason
Jul 2, 2008 10:39 pm
NextLevel... what 100 miler are you considering? I'm going to give the Burning River 100 in Cleveland a stab, it begins August 2nd. I'd like to run the whole...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Jul 2, 2008 11:10 pm
Native americans did not have a problem with diabetes until europeans introduced them to refined sugars. I'm not saying that native americans are wild animals,...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Jul 2, 2008 11:21 pm
A couple folks come to mind... Not very short of 100 miles, "Ingrid Kupke ... in a 24-hour running competition ... ran (probably barefoot) 154.14 km" ...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Jul 2, 2008 11:24 pm
Not to mention, if I'm not mistaken, several additional miles, barefoot, on rough roads, off the official course... Have fun, -barefoot ken bob ... and ... 42 ...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Jul 2, 2008 11:27 pm
Welcome Scott, Yes, it's easy to forget that we came with our own natural leather soles... Have fun, -barefoot ken bob ... NY. I am new to barefoot running....
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michae
heymichae
Jul 3, 2008 2:13 am
I've heard that animal salt myth, but have never seen it... i know that the factory farms feed lotsa salt to the livestock before sale so they will bulk up on...
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Yves Dorfsman
dorfsmay
Jul 3, 2008 4:20 am
... As you say, that's just a theory, and with little evidence. What science shows is that our body needs a certain level of salt (135-145 mEq/L), and if you...
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Yves Dorfsman
dorfsmay
Jul 3, 2008 4:31 am
... A molecule of salt is a molecule of salt, regardless of its provenance. The body has no way to differentiate between salt from a vegetable from salt from...
