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...
The addition of a Trip-n-Dip option in 2004 to Seattle's January 1 Resolution 5k Run resulted in 113 pairs of shoes and one pair of bare feet jumping into the...
I'm in an awkward stage -- running shoes feel like combat boots but I'm not ready for actually running barefoot. My soles aren't tough enough yet and my arches...
Here is my promised race report from last Thursday's Erie (PA) Runner's Club Turkey Trot. There had been over 1300 pre-registered, and surprisingly few no- ...
Just a little story -- I run on the North Downs in Surrey, England and I have an interesting battle with the terrain ... This just a few miles along the ridge...
While Rick and his friends are enjoying their barefoot runs through the snow, us Pacific Coast folks can run through the chilly water at low-tide. December 12,...
On Saturday I went out for a daytime run (I usually run early A.M. or at night, when its dark). I had a wonderful time, it has been cold at night, but that day...
How many people on a team? Maybe we can have a "RunningBarefoot.org" team too. During this year's 5 and 10k fun runs and marathons/halfs in my RBF singlet...
It was a beautiful day for a run. The snowflakes were falling and the snow was piling up as I sang: (To the tune of "What a day for a daydream") What a day to...
I remember watching a video on the 1960 Rome Olympics. The men's maraton winner from Africa won the Gold Medal running barefoot!!!! Pretty cool!!!! Mark...
Is it safe to run barefoot on a treadmill? _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months...
http://www.livingresource.net/rbwiki/index.php/Orange_County_Marathon My wife, Cathy, our dog, Herman, and myself have completed running the entire Orange...
Great group!!!! When I was a senior at Costa Mesa High School, California I ran my best 3 mile (14:50) barefoot. I also coached cross country and track at...
This is something that I dread. Whether on training runs or races the rough, out of control surfaces scare me. I guess you have to deal with it. There is one...
No snow here, today. It did start out a bit cold when we arrived to pick up our numbers. And the sky was an ominous shade of dark grey. But, by the time the...
Now THAT'S the kind of volunteer work I like to do!!!! I will be happy to help out. In fact, only for your SD friend, I will do EVERYTHING I can to "make"...
We got nine inches of the wet slushy variety last night. It was 34 degrees when I went out to run this afternoon. The first mile was a bit chilly, but I warmed...
Think they'll ever get it, that shoes do NOT protect us from hard surfaces? http://www.active.com/story.cfm? story_id=11366&sidebar=13&category=running ...
Greetings! I'm a long-time lurker, first-time poster. I'm also a fairly new runner. I've been running (shod) on and off for the last year or so, but I really...
I have been running 2 hour runs every other day for a couple of months lol. Obviously, I am exageration but my point is that my only training sessions are long...
Ken - did the Todd sighting on Sunset Beach indicate if the runner identified was wearing a shirt or not? Except for the Seattle Marathon in November (next ...
Fortunately, "been at this a lot longer than most of us" doesn't go very far with this group. It's funny to have been doing something for so long and not know...
My own dog-pound dog - Lab/Gr.Shep mix - joined me for my ("our") first marathon in 1977 in Anchorage. He ran all over in the woods, down to the creeks, ...
One of the local area sponsors of the 11/21/04 Toys for Tots 5k Fun Run around the Seattle Center was Bite Sandals whose new brochure features the company's...
Here is the link to the report. http://barefootrunner.org/reports/mh04/report.htm ... Mountain Home Marathon For Kenya - November 20, 2004 A Test of Endurance ...
http://runningbarefoot.org/2004-Tour-November.shtml#AnimalTraxRun This was Herman's first race. And I'm really proud of him. He went out there and had as much,...
Hi all, My barefoot running has been pretty uneventful lately, so I haven't posted in a while, but I'm looking forward to this Thursday's Turkey Trot Race...
Hi again since some people are talking about battling the cold let me ask a question: are you positive it is ok for the various joints on the foot to bear such...