I have found it annoying to carry anything while running as well. From time to time, though, I just let my arms hang freely from my shoulders and don't swing...
Hi folks, I'm a long-time barefooter (fourteen years full-time -I'm sure some of y'all recognise my name from the Society for Barefoot Living) but a beginning...
I swing my arms like this, and step like that. Except for when I swing my arms like that, and step like this. Sometimes I don't swing my arms and try to run...
Thx Josh -- a good reminder for me to be easy on my paying attention to myself. As one of my Feldy colleagues said recently, "Observing one's habits can...
Yeah - I wish I thought of this site with all these articles hitting the internets.... those Google ads are gonna pay off. ________________________________ ...
Wow. I don't think this is intended to be a joke, but since the author of the blog has decided to remain anonymous, and there is no option to post comments to...
My Myranya. It's most likely to be a form issue. You shouldn't be pushing off on your toes, but rather trying to lift your whole foot off the ground. ...
I think a screen capture should be taken with the URL and RRS ad and used in a blog post. It would help expose who is behind it. Using the same 'intellectual...
Well, in fairness, whoever wrote this, isn't saying we shouldn't run barefoot : "I am not for one minute saying that the shoes are not to blame (they probably...
No! All the scientific formulas, theories, and explanations in the world will never make a snowflake less wondrous, or a redwood less magnificent, or a child's...
In summer weather, I have found that I can take off my t-shirt and wear it like a turban on my head to keep the sun off and soak up perspiration. I put the hem...
At 21:18 1-2-2010, you wrote: Thank you Ken! :) ... Well, that's the thing, I really haven't done any running at all. Oh, of course as a kid I ran around on...
Hi all, I'm Patricia, from Seattle. My husband and I switched to VFF running 4 months ago. It's been a long ramp up for me. I had A LOT of foot strengthening...
... Well, the point is to start very slowly, like an infant learning to run, one step at a time. Do NOT focus on going any distance until AFTER you have...
The fact that you mention strengthening your feet, and not LEARNING how to run FIRST, tells me a lot. Do you really want me to say it? Lose the footwear before...
You mention "stride tweaks" being made when switching from vffs to barefoot. While I think it's possible to learn to run lighter in vffs, running barefoot is...
... ..... When I run downhill, I follow the same pointers Ken Bob shares for proper barefoot form, only I increase the turn-over rate a little bit more. Make...
I would add, opening the eyes and seeing "the real world" comes in layers, cuz we can only see what we have the memory and imagination TO see, usually. the...
I just got an SMS from my wife: Oscar: "I'm a barefoot runner like daddy. I don't want any shoes on!" Oscar is my son. He's 3 in March. He runs with a forefoot...