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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
