I'm a waist bander too for easy access but often used to put the aquasocks in a fanny pack where I didn't think they would be needed that much, if at all. . ...
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Stuart Haig
mentul_stu
Oct 28, 2010 4:19 pm
Thanks Lorin. Yes I've seen those socks. I was actually gonna buy a pair for when the weather got colder anyways, so I'll give them a go (as well as reducung...
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Stuart Haig
mentul_stu
Oct 28, 2010 4:21 pm
Oh, will give that a go as well! Such a, potentially, imple solution too! Cheers as well Andy, thanks. Stuart  ... From: Andyman68 <andyman68@...> ...
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Stuart Haig
mentul_stu
Oct 28, 2010 4:39 pm
Hi Eva, I love the way the VFFs look :-) I'm fortunate that my feet (appear) to fit in them quite well. I have reasonably long toes which probably helps,...
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Ryan W
ardydub
Oct 28, 2010 6:35 pm
I like running on sloped surfaces so I can point my feet slightly uphill with each step, giving my calves more stretch with each step. It just feels nice! Ryan...
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Ryan W
ardydub
Oct 28, 2010 6:39 pm
When I was starting out, still overcoming my plantar faciitis, I found it very helpful to run backwards barefooted. Afraid of falling in the process, I chose...
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Ryan W
ardydub
Oct 28, 2010 6:44 pm
Jan - I was also very apprehensive of stepping on the occasional stone because it would send screaming pain through my foot. I was almost frozen in fear and it...
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Ryan W
ardydub
Oct 28, 2010 6:48 pm
I have thought about this technique a lot and have practiced it. It does really help a lot. I believe one reason it helps, is that by thinking about "pedaling"...
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Ryan W
ardydub
Oct 28, 2010 6:52 pm
I never wear my VFFs for running, but I did put them on to hike around a forest to look for mushrooms last weekend. They worked very well, except my ankles...
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Ryan W
ardydub
Oct 28, 2010 6:54 pm
A few years ago I got some Injinji socks and painted the soles with some plastic to make them less porous. The weave of the material tended to allow sand in...
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Ryan W
ardydub
Oct 28, 2010 6:58 pm
I thought running barefoot in the middle of the city would be challenging, socially. But actually its a lot of fun. Sometimes I run in downtown Portland,...
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Eva-Maria Burkard
araun24
Oct 28, 2010 8:50 pm
Hello tetsujin How do your flip flop thongs look like? I can't imagine. Do they have a strap at the heel or only one above the toes? Are they lether or ...
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twc151home
Oct 28, 2010 9:13 pm
Hi Stuart, My wife and I spent a couple of weeks in Scotland on holiday during September, mostly in the Highlands, the Hebrides, Sandwood Bay, (even Betty Hill...
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Dan Mozell
danmozell
Oct 29, 2010 12:23 am
I've been carrying Huaraches in my hands, but I was just thinking about wearing a belt and threading it through the Huarache straps. Might flap around though....
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
Oct 29, 2010 1:15 am
In a message dated 10/28/2010 1:50:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, evamariabu@... writes: How do your flip flop thongs look like? I can't imagine. Do...
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Ashish Mukharji
mukharji_ashish
Oct 29, 2010 5:31 am
Is the RSS feed for this group broken? My RSS reader hasn't received a barefoot running message since Oct 19th, though I do see new messages on the Yahoo!...
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Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Oct 29, 2010 2:50 pm
Yeah, I just noticed it too. But I don't see anyplace in the management page to turn it back on? -barefoot ken bob...
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terryjbenzie
Oct 29, 2010 3:13 pm
I pack my aqua socks in my hand if the need to go off and on during a run. However, most of the time they are used only on my way to and from where I am...
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fastofun
Oct 29, 2010 11:35 pm
Hi Fellow Barefooters! Thanks for all the suggestions on the aqua socks. I am now prepared for frozen temps this winter! I settled on a pair of Sports Autority...
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Ashish
mukharji_ashish
Oct 30, 2010 4:24 am
Have the access permissions for the group changed? I found this: http://help.yahoo.com/l/ca/yahoo/groups/rss/rss-04.html "Since RSS is used as a way to...
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Jody
jodymcroberts
Oct 30, 2010 6:28 pm
Hello Everyone, I just thought I'd share this silly story with you. I did my longest ever bf run, 2 miles, to join Barefoot Rick, who still has about 4 1/2...
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Michae
heymichae
Oct 30, 2010 11:59 pm
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Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Oct 31, 2010 2:15 am
Yup, it was changed... Don't know who did it (I suspect Yahoo, as they seem to change settings occasionally, for some reason or another, or none at all)....
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Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Oct 31, 2010 2:24 am
[Born to Run tatoo] <http://therunningbarefoot.com/?attachment_id=6970> Born to Run tatooReinventing Running: The Cabaret.On Nov. 5, the Friday before the New...
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fastofun
Oct 31, 2010 4:09 am
I too just carry them in my hands. They are so light it is like carrying nothing! The guy that wrote the Barefoot Runing book calls them hand weights! Fast2fun...
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Vince
hydroz99
Oct 31, 2010 4:12 am
Does anyone here use CEP half compression sleeves? I saw some at a running expo and was wondering if these things really help in endurance running barefoot. ...
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Bruce Kalow
bmkalow
Oct 31, 2010 9:18 pm
I did my first race barefoot - the Bill's pizzaria 10K in Newton, MA - my first road race since 2001. It was also (by far) my fastest barefoot run - 8:30 pace....
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Barefoot Rick
rroeber
Oct 31, 2010 11:23 pm
I would like to thank everyone who contributed to this event. Many of you helped in various ways. I could not have completed this if it hadn't been for those...
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wart_94577
Nov 1, 2010 2:32 am
When I realized that the camber was part of the equation leading to the knee pain, I remembered that you had written about running on such surfaces. But since...
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chris_burrell_2061
chris_burrel...
Nov 1, 2010 3:42 am
So to add to my 1st barefoot 5k last november, 10k in march, marathon in June, now I have a 5K mud run. And wow, it was unlike any other race I had done...