... and ... soles ... Osmosis. "Diffusion of fluid through a semipermeable membrane from a solution with a low solute concentration to a solution with a higher...
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angelgurl82888
May 2, 2003 12:23 am
hi, I have flat feet...I am on the tall flags team, and i really need to be balanced for all the dancing and other things we do in that class. It is very hard...
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angelgurl82888
May 2, 2003 12:24 am
hi, I have flat feet...I am on the tall flags team, and i really need to be balanced for all the dancing and other things we do in that class. It is very hard...
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larrymiq
May 3, 2003 6:00 pm
Go barefoot as much as possible. I don't know how flat your feet are but mine were almost flat and running barefoot helped immensly to strengthen and raise my...
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Larry
larrymiq
May 3, 2003 6:28 pm
Any commentary on the ad in Runner's World page 46? My feeling is that it is an insult and a complement to barefoot runners. Although the complement is quickly...
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Bob Lilly
unocalmbob
May 3, 2003 7:28 pm
I have been going to a form of Yoga Called Bikram Yoga, or hot yoga, one of their unique things is that the room is heated to about 105 degrees to increase ...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
May 3, 2003 8:12 pm
I've done Bikram Yoga for a few months last year. Definitely good postures, but most are quite difficult for beginners. As far as being hot - that does...
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david moore
dmoore40352000
May 3, 2003 11:33 pm
If you really wan to find other ways to strengthen your arch all you really need is a piece of elastic tubing that you can anchor at a fixed spot on the floor...
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Billy Gard
duckfeetbilly
May 5, 2003 1:04 am
... From your account of it, it sounds like Runners World has been to my website. In there I brought up the famous slogan, "The closest thing to your own...
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baretung
May 5, 2003 5:46 pm
Well, I'm pleased to report that I trotted through my first marathon barefoot yesterday, the Adidas Vancouver International. The roads were at times very...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
May 5, 2003 7:38 pm
Congratulations to RunningBarefoot Craig on a rainy 5/4/03 Vancouver International Marathon. Unfortunately, my own runningbarefoot has not graduated to rainy...
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baretung
May 5, 2003 9:21 pm
Jon G - So sorry we missed each other during the VIM! I must have missed the 'grassy escape routes' available; worst part for me was the chunky concrete...
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Ken Saxton
runbarefoot
May 5, 2003 9:52 pm
... weather. Any ... Sorry Craig, yours isn't the first rainy barefoot marathon. My first barefoot marathon was on a drizzly day at the Napa Valley Trail...
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Ken Saxton
runbarefoot
May 5, 2003 10:53 pm
... reduced ... company ... Scott, Your suggestion is a good one. But, this year, I will be traveling by Greyhound for most of the legs of my journey. It is...
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tim
tarsarma
May 5, 2003 10:53 pm
I am finding that as my distance increases I am wearing shoes more and more and am feeling doubts as to whether I would be able to run the distances I require...
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aubrey
barefootliving
May 6, 2003 7:17 am
Hi My name is Aubrey and I am a 50 year old male. I live in Richmond, just South of Vancouver in Canada. This is my first post to Running Barefoot. I have...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
May 6, 2003 1:33 pm
Hey Aubrey - Welcome to RunningBarefoot. And thanks to barefoot runner extraordinaire Ken's web page and long record of barefoot runnning for these chances to...
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salexrose
May 6, 2003 2:10 pm
Thanks for asking. My foot is getting better. I've been using dancer and metatarsal pads in my sandals, which is what i wear most of the time and to work (I...
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baretung
May 6, 2003 6:03 pm
Hi Aubrey; what luck! I'm a full-time barefooter in Vancouver also new to this group. I live in Kits but as luck would have it, it looks like I'm moving to ...
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Ken Saxton
runbarefoot
May 6, 2003 8:30 pm
... Let me think... if running 100 miles is unnatural, then wouldn't running it with shoes be more unnatural. In my experience, the further I run, the more...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
May 6, 2003 9:37 pm
... I agree with that in general. If haven't been able to run as far barefoot, well I'd rather spend some time walking. Guess part of the question is whether...
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Ken Saxton
runbarefoot
May 6, 2003 10:48 pm
... I've heard of shoes melting at Badwater. Is it cooler inside those melting shoes? I do know my limits with shoes. And there is no way (maybe a mulit- ...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
May 7, 2003 12:14 am
... Yes it's cooler in the melting shoes. That must be pretty amazing heat. I think temps can get as high as 120 so the sand would be a lot hotter. ... They...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
May 7, 2003 3:18 pm
Somewhat ironically, barefooting seems to be recommended as a way to get feet tough enough so they can deal with wearing shoes in ultra-marathons but the ...
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Ken Saxton
runbarefoot
May 7, 2003 6:55 pm
My question regarding the temperature inside a shoe compared to outside, probably should have been, "Are FEET inside shoes cooler than FEET outside shoes?" Our...
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tim
tarsarma
May 7, 2003 10:22 pm
Since everyone I run with are so into what shoes work for them I at times start to doubt myself as a barefooter (mostly barefooter). After I posted my...
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Chris Runyan
cprunyan
May 7, 2003 11:51 pm
Of course under normal conditions (outside temperature below 100 degrees) feet are considerably cooler without the shoes. If the ground is well above 120...
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tetsujin87@...
tetsujin87
May 8, 2003 4:19 am
I won't venture a guess as to what would happen in 120F to my feet (let alone the rest of me) but after being used to barefoot running in Alaska, an excursion...
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Ken Saxton
runbarefoot
May 9, 2003 4:42 pm
Chester, Ct. 4 on the 4th entry forms now on-line at: http://www.chesterct.com/rotary/ Hope to see some of you there -ken...
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salexrose
May 9, 2003 5:30 pm
Other than by inference from the honoree's repeated participation sans shoes, do we have any other basis for determining the barefoot friendly nature of the...
