"Looking to seduce someone? Take your date . . . on a vigorous run, for research shows that attraction increases along with heart rate." ...
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Joe Wrigley
wrigleyjw
Feb 1, 2010 1:40 pm
... Took me a couple of seconds to realise this wasn't spam (..lovely spam so wonderful)...
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twc151home
Feb 1, 2010 2:54 pm
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...
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Myranya
manthyra
Feb 1, 2010 5:18 pm
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...
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Gene Gugliotta
thinnmann
Feb 1, 2010 5:49 pm
No kidding http://www.runningbarefootisbad.com/ Um, I think it is supposed to be funny.......
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Josh
inkyd...
Feb 1, 2010 6:30 pm
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...
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Jon H
jonmhayden
Feb 1, 2010 6:31 pm
The ad sponsor under the "Running Shop" link is Road Runner Sports :)...
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Jan Hetherington
feldyjan
Feb 1, 2010 6:58 pm
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...
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Gene Gugliotta
thinnmann
Feb 1, 2010 7:00 pm
Yeah - I wish I thought of this site with all these articles hitting the internets.... those Google ads are gonna pay off. ________________________________ ...
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exjfn
Feb 1, 2010 7:20 pm
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...
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Anthony Marendy
anthony314
Feb 1, 2010 7:27 pm
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. ...
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Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Feb 1, 2010 8:20 pm
Forget everything you may have learned if you ever ran in shoes, or watched others running in shoes. Start at the Beginning: ...
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timbutterfield
Feb 1, 2010 8:24 pm
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...
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Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Feb 1, 2010 8:41 pm
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...
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Ryan W
ardydub
Feb 1, 2010 9:31 pm
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...
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Ryan W
ardydub
Feb 1, 2010 9:35 pm
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...
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Myranya
manthyra
Feb 1, 2010 10:18 pm
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...
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cook.local
Feb 1, 2010 11:01 pm
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...
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Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Feb 1, 2010 11:34 pm
... 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...
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Josh
inkyd...
Feb 1, 2010 11:40 pm
Check out my latest pair of "barefoot"; shoes: http://www.barefootjosh.com/?p=369...
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Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Feb 1, 2010 11:47 pm
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...
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Jan Hetherington
feldyjan
Feb 2, 2010 12:15 am
Does 'Tar-jais' sell the One-Fingers?? Jan Sent from my (way cool) iPhone...
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Josh
inkyd...
Feb 2, 2010 12:16 am
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...
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Josh
inkyd...
Feb 2, 2010 12:18 am
I believe so. Same product, just 50% more expensive. I really hope the Steel Shank insert catches on....
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Ryan W
ardydub
Feb 2, 2010 1:16 am
... ..... 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...
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michae
heymichae
Feb 2, 2010 1:20 am
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...
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Gordon
gajslk
Feb 2, 2010 1:26 am
I'd love to live somewhere as warm as Seattle, so I would never have to wear shoes. If it's above freezing, you don't need shoes. Gordon...
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Barefoot Rick
rroeber
Feb 2, 2010 1:46 am
Not much to read, just a few short paragraphs. http://barefootrunner.org/reports/10waco/10waco.htm...
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terryjbenzie
Feb 2, 2010 3:43 am
Twenty or thirty replies to the question of why we swing our arms but nobody wants to talk about this.....barefooters are indeed an odd group....
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joe@...
wrigleyjw
Feb 2, 2010 9:58 am
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...
