I had read before about someone being kicked off a United flight for being barefoot. I usually carry some sort of shoe when I travel anyway, but it was pretty...
Got my second sliver of glass this weekend. The first one a few months ago found a soft spot between my foot ball and toes. However, this one surprisingly...
When I was 14 (I am 38 now), I jumped off of the second story of a house (long story) and fractured one of the bones in my right arch. To this day, I have a...
What i would do, if i were you, is find a smooth asphalt track near where you live and start run/walking there, just a mile or 2 to start, once or twice a week...
When I first started running barefoot on asphalt, I occassionally got splinters of glass (maybe one or two per month), but didn't want people to see me stop to...
You got off way better than a friend of mine who jumped out of a second story window when he was 15. His girlfriend's mother's boyfriend had returned home, and...
Thank you so much for the information - I am definitely going to work on my eating habits - I have been eating way more fruit and veggies than other things. I...
... want ... Do barefooters really have to stop to pull splinters out of their foot any more often than other people have to stop to tie their shoe?...
... shoe? I just finished running Race for the Cure. Afterwards I was invited for a cool down run with some other runners. Had to wait several minutes for them...
Mooooo. No, not that kind of calf. I was barefoot running Thurdsay. I observed one of the inevitable trade-offs: if you land on your heels, your bones take the...
I would add flexibility as a part of the solution. This can be developed by gentle stretching and learning to relax a bit on landing. However, relaxed landing...
I had my first good experience with a restaurant manager while barefoot today. I always wear flip flops to go in a sit down place now, but in fast food joints...
... She thanked me for ... I had a similar experience at the grand opening of the natural foods store, Wild Oats, in Long Beach, California a few months ago. I...
... I don't think the letter from Oregon includes that key phrase "deprive anyone of their civil rights" - certainly that sounds a lot better. Regardless,...
We'll I've now completed my first marathon for which I haven't really trained for. Just knew I would at least be able to walk all the way so I signed up....
... Fortunately the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights both say something to this effect. Unfortunately, many people still think that they have...
... Actually for me this is enough (preamble to the Declaration of Independence): "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,...
I ran my last barefoot race, a 5k on 9/15 in about 21:00 (too many turns and a little glass here and there required me to run cautiously slow). Finished...
If you do go back to running shod I would highly recommend trying wrestling shoes. They look sort of like other athletic shoes, but the sole allows you to...
I've taken many such vacations during my 30+ years of on and off running. After my first marathon, it was 10 years before I ran another race. In fact, I...
Just thought of Ken when I saw this ad: http://www.powerbar.com/nirf/cm/upload/200271017145643354186/ad_perf_josh_big.jpg Finishing with Ken doesn't sound like...
I just found the barefoot running website this week after having to take my shoes off during the Army 10 miler in Washington, DC this past Sunday. The team I...
Welcome to the group. How well people accept those who are different varies quite a bit in different parts of the country, but going barefoot is going to seem...
Judy: Welcome to one who appears to be a fellow East Coast barefoot runner, that is if you reside/train near where you race. Although as previously stated,...
Judy, Don't be afraid to take your shoes off for the last 5 miles of the marathon, but then it sounds like you won't be. Just something I wish I had thought of...
People in a consumerist society will always find the most complicated and expensive ways to solve problems caused by their dependence on manufactured goods. In...
On my run along the beach yesterday I was thinking about this thread. I reckon that some of the arguments are very much a condition of our society. You feel...
I live in Virginia and it can get pretty cold/icy/wet and darn nasty in the winter. Last winter I ran barefoot indoors on my treadmill. Unfortunately, that is...
