Hi guys, Thanks for updating the course ratings in the database! Good to read, and maybe plan some future trips. Keep it up! Lucy...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Oct 1, 2004 4:07 pm
Keep in mind that running fast, all the time is not desirable. Long slow distance builds strength and endurance. Fast running tends to breaks us down. That's...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
Oct 1, 2004 4:21 pm
Excerpt from a Skagit Flats Marathon Report (9/12/04) on more casual, couple-of-times-a-month RunningBarefooter encountering rough crushed rock chup seal ...
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Gregor Merry
gregormerry
Oct 1, 2004 6:05 pm
Hi and thank you for the constant flow of good info and friendly chat. Two more benefits of barefoot running: When I take my kids to the park and my 18 month...
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ushevgaonkar
Oct 1, 2004 6:34 pm
Hello Friends Thanks for your insightful replies to my questions!! After the surface I have some queries about the technique. Isn't the ball-heel-ball...
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nikeboy63@...
nikeboy63
Oct 1, 2004 9:19 pm
I've been running about 13 miles a week barefoot. And after 2 months its amazing at the progress I've made. I've gone from not being able to run a mile on...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
Oct 1, 2004 9:23 pm
A. Falling Forward For those of us slow runners who were told to heel-strike for so many years, the torso stills seems too erect even when running...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Oct 1, 2004 10:38 pm
... <ushevgaonkar@y...> wrote: ... Any other technique is possible. Just not as comfortable. After years of learning to run badly in shoes, most Americans and...
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Marc M. McLellan
marcmmclellan
Oct 1, 2004 10:56 pm
General strength will benefit any runner. Please understand the term "general" to mean all around. Romanov suggests a program of general strength and specific...
Hi everyone, I am Rebecca. I have read info in the past about the benefits of running barefoot in a magazine. That artical mentioned a couple of newer shoes...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Oct 3, 2004 2:27 pm
Grrr... Sorry, but, "I Hate Jogging!" I hate the word "jogging!" It makes people think running is some sort of jarring, high impact activity, that, well......
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Rick Roeber
rroeber
Oct 3, 2004 5:34 pm
Rebecca, Other than dance shoes, you can use aqua shoes (water shoes). They work quite well. Nike makes the Nike Free which is also supposed to simulate...
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Jeffrey Ferris by wa...
runbarefoot
Oct 4, 2004 12:19 am
Hello Rebecca There is no running shoe product that truely simulates barefoot running. The running shoe industry does not understand what barefoot running is...
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Marc McLellan
marcmmclellan
Oct 4, 2004 3:43 am
Hey Ken, Is something that we can just show up or do we have to enter? This takes place on my day off and would be fun to do... Marc...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Oct 4, 2004 3:53 am
This is just a fun run across the street from my home. No entry fee. No t-shirts, no prizes, no crowd, usually just me. Look forward to seeing you, or any...
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protiralongo
Oct 4, 2004 5:07 am
Welcome Rebecca, I found something that might be what you're looking for. On this Nike web page : http://www.nike.com/speed/index.jsp?l=en_us&ls=0 They have...
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protiralongo
Oct 4, 2004 5:10 am
Welcome Fellow barefooters, I found something : http://www.nike.com/speed/index.jsp?l=en_us&ls=0 They have listed a pair of shoes called Nike Free Running 5.0...
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Christopher Jastram
cjastram2000
Oct 4, 2004 2:39 pm
Of course they agree with us -- we're right! :) To anybody who really looks at the facts of the whole running sport, barefoot running is an inescapable,...
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Ken Saxton
runbarefoot
Oct 4, 2004 3:13 pm
http://www.runningbarefoot.org/SurfCity.shtml#SunsetBeachLowTideFunRun Sunset Beach Low-Tide Fun Run Date: October 15 Friday (low-tide at 6:12pm) Start Time:...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
Oct 4, 2004 3:55 pm
Hey Barefoot Chris - Thanks for making my second Portland Marathon a very memorable run. Except for the California marathons with our southern contingent, it...
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Asatar Bair
asatarb
Oct 4, 2004 5:01 pm
Dear barefooters, I set a new barefoot personal record today... 10.4 miles across mixed surfaces, about 4 miles on sidewalks (interspersed with some grass), ...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Oct 4, 2004 5:13 pm
Hi all, I feel like this year, I am truely no longer alone. Used to be rare when I would meet or see another barefoot runner at a road race, or even a trail...
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Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Oct 4, 2004 5:18 pm
By the way, if the link below gives you trouble, just go to: http://www.runningbarefoot.org/ and click on "2004 Canning Hunger Run" in the "New Stuff" menu on...
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Rick Roeber
rroeber
Oct 4, 2004 6:16 pm
Very nice report, Jon. A successful endeavor on your part. You guys at RunningBarefoot were my inspiration long before I ever was yours (ref: barefoot gravel...
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Walter Coe
walter_coe
Oct 4, 2004 6:34 pm
... The cliché, "Dropping ammo behind enemy lines" comes to mind. We shouldn't let this go without having it documented on one of the barefooter's reference...
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Greg
ironmanpress
Oct 4, 2004 8:05 pm
Jon looked great during yesterday's Portland Marathon. He was joined in his barefoot adventure by at least one other barefoot (and shirtless) runner who, like...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
Oct 4, 2004 8:29 pm
Greg - Thanks for your support and clarifying the struggle I've been having in speculating on who might have called out "konnichi wa" from behind me on the...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
Oct 4, 2004 10:22 pm
In describing me Greg's email said I "looked comfortable and happy near the 7-mile mark". And I did feel good at that point. I had just passed the 10k mark in...
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bparkyn
Oct 5, 2004 2:12 am
Did 14 miles in 2:40, starting at 6:20 AM PST this morning. I so love barefooting, such happy feet mine are. At least I'm ready for Long Beach Half See you...
