Hello and Happy New Year! I am writing a book that explores barefooting to help with chronic illness and injury (including my own experience with running...
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Oksana
sanna9228
Jan 1, 2011 7:56 pm
... I also yeasay that barefoot running makes you more injury resistant runner.I run barefoot mainly in moderate temperature as yet. In winter on snow I run...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
Jan 2, 2011 6:07 pm
Thanks barefoot billy. . With two hours to spare after the annual Resolution 5K Run and Dip into Lake Washington at Magnuson Park, I was hoping maybe to keep...
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Ryan W
ardydub
Jan 3, 2011 5:25 pm
Sorry I couldn't make it. We had already driven home to Vancouver, and as much as I would have enjoyed it, I wasn't up to driving 3 hours each way for it! Ryan...
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Deacon Patrick
highlanderpa...
Jan 3, 2011 5:51 pm
It appears I've been given another gift by going with less rather than more... http://www.mindyourheadcoop.org/blog/?p=882 With Abandon, Patrick It's all good...
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Dan Mozell
danmozell
Jan 3, 2011 6:11 pm
I tried the Bates method years ago. Frankly, for me, it didn't work. Good luck with your own quest....
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Joe Wrigley
wrigleyjw
Jan 4, 2011 5:01 pm
... Hmph. Not fee in the UK (£8.86), and won't let me download it from amazon.com Well that sucks On 24 December 2010 20:19, davidrtownsend <...
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Sarah
sunshinejaye
Jan 5, 2011 1:03 pm
I'll admit it; I'm a case of doing too much too soon. I had worked my runs up to 50% barefoot and 50% in the five fingers and was doing great. Then I decided...
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C Morphis
hanger84104
Jan 5, 2011 2:51 pm
Hey there, I had a left foot injury from falling on some stairs and was put into an air cast for 6 weeks. During that time the Dr. advised wearing a running...
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wallace
wpswallace
Jan 5, 2011 2:55 pm
Hi everyone this is my first email. A couple of suggestions. A hundred years ago a German Naturopath, Adolf just wrote a book called "return to nature". You...
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Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Jan 5, 2011 3:03 pm
You might also be interested in Health and Light: The extraordinary Study that Shows How light Affects Your Health and emotional well being ...
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michae
heymichae
Jan 5, 2011 3:48 pm
I have also experienced immense benefits from changing stressful visual habits into healthy-clear visual habits... and vision is indeed a habit that we can all...
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mrose55
Jan 5, 2011 6:19 pm
I am also of the opinion that poor circulation is the root of many aging problems. While much of the blockage originates in improper food choices, I believe...
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Jan Hetherington
feldyjan
Jan 5, 2011 7:37 pm
HI all, Following these emails with interest as I too now seem to have the dreaded "foot pain", that started a day or so after I did an 11+ mile at the end of...
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ChelsFrench
Jan 5, 2011 8:29 pm
Hi, Everyone! I'm looking for some recommendations for early summer marathons that are both barefoot-friendly and newbie-friendly. (This will be my first...
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Eva-Maria Burkard
araun24
Jan 5, 2011 10:47 pm
Hi Jan I love your descriptions of the self exporation of your painful parts. I think that's a good, playful way to deal with your body. Good luck! Araun...
Just a little over two years ago I developed a stress fracture in my right foot. That was while wearing running shoes because I was in the Army in training. I ...
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spoonerweb_com
Jan 6, 2011 2:07 pm
I think Grandma's gets too hot or else the weather is too unpredictable. I think Bayshore Marathon in Traverse City is the best. It usually has great weather...
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jt_dj
Jan 6, 2011 2:34 pm
I've been running barefoot for just under 2 weeks. I run between 2-3 miles 3 times a week on sidewalks. During those runs, I've done 1/5 mile barefoot each...
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Gordon
gajslk
Jan 6, 2011 2:34 pm
... You're lucky, John. I knew a guy who did just what you did. He wore the ends of the bones down where they hit each other. He must have the pain tolerance...
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Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Jan 6, 2011 2:45 pm
This pain is often the precursor to a stress fracture. Since the pain is not during your run, you're probably running too much too soon -before you have...
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Andrew Hull
andrewmhull
Jan 6, 2011 2:45 pm
This is a common complaint. Sometimes its oversuse, sometimes (in my case) it's just some little muscles that are angry that you are using them for the first...
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Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton
runbarefoot
Jan 6, 2011 2:51 pm
I agree. I did both in 2003, and ran my 3rd fastest time; 3:29:31 http://barefootkenbob.com/?p=3539 (of about 36 marathon at the time) at Bayshore Then a month...
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wallace
wpswallace
Jan 6, 2011 3:00 pm
I dont know how well known Earthing is in the barefoot runners community. Doing a search here I just found one other reference to Clint Ober going back to...
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wallace
wpswallace
Jan 6, 2011 3:03 pm
I should add I greatly enjoyed Roy wallacks last book on running. I didnt know that short bursts raised HGH!!!...
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Ryan W
ardydub
Jan 6, 2011 10:30 pm
I saw some slow mo videos of people turning their ankles. Some were playing tennis, others were running. The videos discussed exactly the same things you all...
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Ryan W
ardydub
Jan 6, 2011 10:37 pm
Once a stress fracture has healed, it is healed. I had a stress fracture early in my barefoot running career (due to horrendous form). I waited for it to heal,...
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Ryan W
ardydub
Jan 6, 2011 10:41 pm
My sister met a man who promotes the idea of pure light being a natural healing agent. He suggests using infra-red lights set to certain spectrums to speed up...
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Ryan W
ardydub
Jan 6, 2011 10:46 pm
It may be a little further away than you want, but Salt Lake City has a marathon in the Spring that is very flat. It starts up on the U of U campus, goes...
