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...
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Ken Saxton
runbarefoot
Oct 6, 2002 12:48 am
... 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...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
Oct 7, 2002 4:14 pm
... 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,...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
Oct 7, 2002 7:43 pm
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....
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Ken Saxton
runbarefoot
Oct 8, 2002 4:22 pm
... Fortunately the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights both say something to this effect. Unfortunately, many people still think that they have...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
Oct 8, 2002 5:54 pm
... 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,...
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salexrose
Oct 16, 2002 1:40 pm
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...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
Oct 16, 2002 2:30 pm
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...
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Ken Saxton
runbarefoot
Oct 20, 2002 2:51 pm
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...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
Oct 22, 2002 4:25 pm
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...
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mariachiestrellas
mariachiestr...
Oct 23, 2002 9:38 pm
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...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
Oct 23, 2002 11:06 pm
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...
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salexrose
Oct 24, 2002 2:00 pm
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,...
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Ken Saxton
runbarefoot
Oct 26, 2002 1:31 pm
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...
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timothy
tarsarma
Nov 8, 2002 12:54 am
just an interesting discussion on the Australian running group re barefoot running. http://www.coolrunning.com.au/index.shtml tim...
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draymon6@...
werayd
Nov 10, 2002 2:29 pm
I will be out of the office starting 30/10/2002 and will not return until 18/11/2002. I will respond to your message when I return....
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Ken Saxton
runbarefoot
Nov 12, 2002 9:06 pm
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...
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timothy
tarsarma
Nov 12, 2002 11:10 pm
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...
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mariachiestrellas
mariachiestr...
Nov 13, 2002 8:22 pm
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...
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Rechtschaffen, Glenn
grechtnz
Nov 13, 2002 9:05 pm
I lived in Pennsylvania for a year and had to deal with cold weather. My solution was to run in beach shoes (mesh type) and slip them off whenever the surface...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
Nov 13, 2002 10:28 pm
Judy, I've spent quite a bit of time with my feet in the cold and basically the more you go out the better they can handle it. Down to about 20 degrees F is...
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bfsailor
Nov 14, 2002 1:02 pm
... Hi Judy, I agree with Chris that the more time you spend in the cold the more you adapt to it. I've been running barefoot for about two years now in Erie,...
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salexrose
Nov 14, 2002 3:14 pm
Judy: I too live in Va, and started the barefoot thing last jan./feb., limiting myself to the not uncommon sunny low 50's mid-afternoon weekend runs, mostly on...
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Judy Benavides
mariachiestr...
Nov 14, 2002 3:46 pm
That's what I've been doing lately, barefoot on the track during the weekends. I've been using shoes during the middle of the week though because I go out a...
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salexrose
Nov 14, 2002 8:32 pm
A relative recently told me she spotted a male barefooter, walking, i believe, one of those heart assoc. walkathon-type benefit events, in Charlottesville, VA...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
Nov 16, 2002 5:52 am
The Barefoot Runner's "ball/heel/ball" mantra (I know it well: Ken's urging it on me throughout the January 2002 San Diego Marathon produced a 20 minute ...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
Nov 18, 2002 4:23 pm
Nice to see someone with some sense getting a little bit of recognition. Seems weird to call something "revolutionary" when it's basically a natural technique...
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Ken Saxton
runbarefoot
Nov 20, 2002 4:36 am
Doc Charley Robbins has been running barefoot throughout the year in Connecticut since he was 15 years old in 1925 (except while doing his residency in...
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bfsailor
Nov 26, 2002 7:03 pm
Hi everyone, Just thought I'd comment today since I just finished a great 4-mile barefoot run and it's 37 degrees out. I'm no marathoner; I run 4 to 5 miles...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
Dec 6, 2002 1:59 am
5 December 2002 Hey Ken - Are your ready for another "training"; run at the San Diego Marathon next month (January 19) . . . followed again by another of your...
