Hi All Have any of you expirence with Terra Plana Barefoot Achilles sandals? How they fit, and how they are to run in? I know of a woman that run in Teva Zilch...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
Jul 1, 2012 4:19 pm
barefoot sandals, . . . that's weird. does the barefoot sandal make naked clothes too? . I've worn stiff-soled flipflop thongs when sharp crushed gravel and...
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Curt Busse
fmotf
Jul 2, 2012 2:06 am
You might also want to check with the Google huarache group (link below). I use Invisible Shoe huarache sandals for less than 5% of my running (the rest in...
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rdwhitaker2012
Jul 2, 2012 7:30 am
This is why I have always said, Its harder to train the brain than it is to train the feet to run barefoot. The brain keeps trying to pull your form back to...
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Tracy Longacre
tlongacre2
Jul 2, 2012 11:25 am
I got a pair of the Vivo Achilles and ditched them. Biggest problem is they rub the top of your second toe raw because they have this stupid plastic covering...
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Robert
miltloomis
Jul 2, 2012 3:04 pm
Well, thus ends Grampy Bob's dominance of over-70 men's 5K races (4 out of 4 first places previously, mainly because I was usually the only male over 70 in my...
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Joe Wrigley
wrigleyjw
Jul 2, 2012 3:58 pm
... I don't want to brag, but it was pretty awesome. Fascinating talks, especially from Dr de Groote, Louis Liebenberg and Paul Chek, and I hate lunch with Ted...
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Curt Busse
fmotf
Jul 4, 2012 6:22 pm
Ran today's race in 52:43. Woulda been a world record except that they shortened it from 13.1 to 5 miles because of heat warnings. Today is also the 30th...
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Gitte Overgaard
gitte_overgaard
Jul 5, 2012 6:00 pm
Hi Your post is a delight to reed. It made me smile with pure joy. I think it's great you're running. As I think for myself - it's the road that's the goal,...
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Curt Busse
fmotf
Jul 8, 2012 5:17 pm
Still visiting Minneapolis, I ran my first sub-60 minute 10k in bare feet, going at a comfortable pace on a ridiculously smoothe surface - two laps around Lake...
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Jan Hetherington
feldyjan
Jul 8, 2012 7:47 pm
I'm pretty confident that the surface is a factor - which for me is why I can run faster in VFFs than bare ..... (not necessary as much fun, but faster ....) ...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
Jul 8, 2012 10:46 pm
Congratulations on your fine 10K run Curtis. I’m still looking for that perfect surface. However, You got it right about pace diminishing as stride ...
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mz5771
Jul 10, 2012 2:11 pm
on one of my feet, on the ball of the big toe, i always have wear/tenderness after a run. it's about 1/2" to one inch diameter. the other foot, nothing,...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
Jul 10, 2012 10:50 pm
I solved the same issue with my right ball when i noticed some considerable splaying in my right foot in an event photo. I concentrated on keeping my feet...
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mz5771
Jul 11, 2012 5:26 am
thank you for your response. you solved it? does that mean that you don't get the ball of foot tenderness anymore? when you say splayed, that means turned...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
Jul 12, 2012 2:34 pm
In my case, the splaying was the right foot pointing out. Oddly enough, not much, if any, left toot splaying I'm attributing the right leg splaying to an...
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mz5771
Jul 12, 2012 4:54 pm
1. initially you mentioned that it might be leg length, but the gas pedal is an interesting idea too. i was feeling another reason...tightness in the hips,...
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mz5771
Jul 15, 2012 5:04 am
went on a harder run, 5 miles, with elevation, different surfaces, on a route that typically leaves me raw and sore, and the adjustment made a big difference. ...
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speedyaj17
Jul 16, 2012 12:04 pm
Hi all, I started running in new balance BFR shoes around a month ago after being won over by suggestion of fewer injuries and am now fully convinced about the...
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piggieria@...
mariabl
Jul 16, 2012 12:05 pm
For me I could run faster on rough surfaces because it was easier for me to get the perfect form and I didn't have to focus so much and tweak so much. On...
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barefootkenbob
Jul 16, 2012 12:16 pm
Perhaps you should try actually running BARE-foot... It is the sensitive soles that help teach us immediately and with each and every step to change the way we...
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ajaytuque
Jul 16, 2012 9:02 pm
AJ, When I started barefoot running I was transitioning using VFFs for some of the run and completely barefoot the other part of the run. I started for the...
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Eric Cooper
unshod_eric
Jul 17, 2012 12:28 pm
Mid back pain, especially for runners, is classic referred pain from a muscle called Psoas Major. Google it. Massage it. Stretch it. Shorten your stride. -Eric...
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Amy Johnson
speedyaj17
Jul 18, 2012 8:26 am
Hi guys, Thanks for the replies, since been to a orthopedic and discovered I have a sloping right shoulder causing my compensating back muscles to tighten. ...
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Doug Sims
wdsims63
Jul 18, 2012 12:31 pm
"Really want to go truly barefoot but fear broken glass etc " Myth. Watch Ken Bob's recent video about actually stepping on glass. "especiallly when my running...
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davidrtownsend
Jul 18, 2012 9:50 pm
Maybe it's the heat, but where did everybody go? Perhaps all of those podiatrists were right and barefoot runners are dying of Gangrene, Trench Foot, Ebola,...
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Curt Busse
fmotf
Jul 19, 2012 12:20 am
We are all out having way too much fun running barefoot over broken glass without medical insurance (Namibian lizards rule!)...
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Gordon
gajslk
Jul 19, 2012 2:58 am
... Still around, but if you stay on topic, there really isn't much to say after a few years. SSDD Gordon...
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davidrtownsend
Jul 19, 2012 2:06 pm
Well, that's true. I've been on here for 4 years and know what you mean. It boils down to: 1. Ditch the shoes. 2. Go slow -- very slow -- until your body...
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rowrun99
Jul 19, 2012 6:45 pm
Chuckling... SSDD I'm enjoying barefoot running more than ever......
