Depends on one's perspective. I could be barefoot because I am charitable and gave my shoes away! Actually, a friend of mine saw me running barefoot one time...
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barefootkenbob
Feb 28, 2012 10:50 pm
Yummm... bananas! A successful thief generally wants to blend in and would not do something (like going barefoot) that would attract unnecessary attention. ...
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barefootkenbob
Feb 28, 2012 11:12 pm
For just the last few generations in our society have disconnected ourselves from our environment so that we cannot see that we are part of and a product of...
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barefootkenbob
Feb 28, 2012 11:15 pm
Pain hurts more in the cold... Remember when you were a kid and had to fix your own car crawling around in the snow underneath, and sometimes would bang your...
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Adolfo Neto
adolfont
Feb 29, 2012 1:54 am
I remember having read Sugar Blues, by William Dufty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Blues), several years ago (1995). It was eye-opening. The book is from...
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Curt Busse
fmotf
Feb 29, 2012 2:39 pm
No telling what will happen in the next 35 years, but some huge things have happened in the running world during past few, notably: - the increased...
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Tracy E. Longacre
tlongacre2
Feb 29, 2012 2:57 pm
Yes, well, remember that this is the 2nd "running boom". I've lived and run through both and there was quite a trough there in the middle. How many of the...
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Curt Busse
fmotf
Feb 29, 2012 4:10 pm
I think that the 2nd running boom is here to stay and that the internet will help take care of that (but let's check back in 5 or 10 years anyway)....
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Gordon
gajslk
Mar 1, 2012 12:52 am
... Tell me about it. I got back to Colorado a week ago after six weeks in the Mojave Desert. My soles are tender even though the actual terrain I've run is...
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Billy Moore
mooreb362002
Mar 1, 2012 9:43 pm
I just had my most severe barefoot injury to date, and it happened at home, inside. I kicked a piece of furniture. I am SO glad it didn't happen during a...
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Adolfo Neto
adolfont
Mar 1, 2012 11:05 pm
In my opinion you should wait and do nothing for a few days. It is better to be conseravtive in these cases....
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ross alloway
murthlyhours
Mar 2, 2012 2:08 am
Well, you can always splint it and tape it to a nearby toe. I broke a baby toe once and never skipped a beat by taping, playing for the basketball team. Of...
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davisbrftr
Mar 2, 2012 2:12 am
It's not about barefoot running but there are some references to barefoot running in it. https://vimeo.com/33808532...
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davisbrftr
Mar 2, 2012 2:37 am
This is the marathon event from the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland,New Zealand. At least two competitors are running barefoot by the end of the race....
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Tracy E. Longacre
tlongacre2
Mar 2, 2012 7:45 am
I broke the last joint of my 2nd toe on my left foot a few years ago (running shod - tried to jump a metal barrier, my toe got caught on it). Since it was on...
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Curt Busse
fmotf
Mar 2, 2012 3:54 pm
I failed once again to complete a race longer than 5K on the Puerto Rican roads entirely in bare feet - but will keep trying! The race report is on the...
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Adolfo Neto
adolfont
Mar 2, 2012 4:00 pm
Excellent video! More about the (barefoot) winner (Jack Holden) in http://www.racingpast.ca/john_contents.php?id=98 ...
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Jacob Norton
jacobnorton1
Mar 2, 2012 7:13 pm
All of those runners have such smooth looking, compact form. Their hips move very well also and little to no up and down movement in their stride. Pretty cool...
Is this a good illustration of the spring effect? http://bestdaybiomechanics.com/2012/03/02/the-spring-effect/...
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Adolfo Neto
adolfont
Mar 2, 2012 11:47 pm
The author of this post concluded that shod running is more efficient than barefoot running: ...
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rdwhitaker2012
Mar 3, 2012 12:50 am
I broke a toe while running on a river beach. There were some plants that had been broken off, so only a few inches were sticking up through the sand. One of...
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Gordon
gajslk
Mar 3, 2012 2:10 am
We pounded this one flat in the minimal running group. http://groups.google.com/group/huaraches/browse_thread/thread/00450230e0d04a90# One of the guys in the...
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Adolfo Neto
adolfont
Mar 3, 2012 2:22 am
I found there an excellent comment by Mark Cucuzella: Mark Cucuzzella says: March 1, 2012 at 6:24 am We are not asking the important question….which is not...
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kloudab
Mar 3, 2012 6:42 am
I agree with the person who said more than a few days. If we can equate fingers to toes let's break a finger for analogy. Would you use it only after a couple...
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kloudab
Mar 3, 2012 7:12 am
Flaws and things to be tested. 12 People. You need a lot more people to do a perform a test like this. Not a good sample. I think a better sample would be that...
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Burkard Eva-Maria
evamariabu
Mar 3, 2012 8:16 am
I don't think that's the spring effect on this illustration. It's more the shock absorbing effect. The spring is as I understand the function of the achilles...
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Gordon
gajslk
Mar 3, 2012 3:20 pm
Absorbing shock is what loads the springs. It's an OK illustration, but seems a bit out of context. There's no mention of any energy return, for one thing. ...
