I have been using Orthotics for about 6 months now and I was wondering if its possible to go from orthoitcs to running barefoot. I mean does any have any...
I have been wearing orthotics for years. I found very little discomfort when I first began to run barefoot. A slight pain in my arch. I'm assuming my muscles...
... by the way, other than being barefoot while doing all of my running, i wear flip flops. i haven't worn normal shoes in a while. flip flops do not give...
do it gradually - like 5 minutes every other day for a couple weeks, then 10 minutes for a couple weeks, then push it up little by little. ... ~Gene Gugliotta ...
Hey, Just joined this group and wanted to tell my story. I am up to 34% of my mileage barefoot (that is out of 20-60 miles per week, depending on the season)....
y0natany, Thanks for providing more info. ... If you buy two lottery tickets, you double your chance of winning. But, it's still more likely you'll be hit by...
http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic332.htm Necrotizing Fasciitis also known as flesh-eating bacteria, * In the US: Since 1883, more than 500 cases have been...
Great story. Best of luck in your training and continued improvement. Best, Barefoot Ted -- One foot at a time. One sole at a time. One hell of a good time....
Perhaps this hardly needs saying, but any given doctor may be an idiot on a given topic. I say this out of a lot of experience with docs. my wife is a...
Much agreed in many ways, but our skin is really more of a membrane rather than armor. It allows different substances to go in and out of it fairly freely....
... If you can call coming in 67th out of 153 overall and 26th out of 41 in my age group "kicking butt", that is. :-) I'm not disappointed with my 23:53...
My .02 Statistically I think you are much more likely to die from a virus or bacterium that gets in through your nose or mouth, especially via your own hands....
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Hi Mark, Just barely noticed you in this picture of the race. http://jimrhoades.com/05/norwood5k/images/DSC_0042.jpg The purple guy blocked you except for your...
Yep, them's me, coming up to the finish line! And in the first pic (154), just to the left of Mr. 157 (Robert Joseph, according to the results), you can see...
... That reminds me of an old joke in the UK amongst medics: Q: "what's the difference between god and a surgeon?" A: "God doesn't think he's a surgeon." As in...
I found this old pagan verse, translated into modern English. It is attributed to a pagan priest, a kind of shaman, who helped build Stone Henge.... Its...
I've been hearing about this group from a few close friends of mine and I was just curious about this whole new way of running. I have one question though,...
When I recently asked my doctor about an athelete's foot type of redness, he asked me if I used any kind of public shower room and confirmed that at least ...
It is actually an old way of running. You figure feet have been around more than 100 years. "I have one question though, isn't it possible to get a foot...
I've run about 900 miles through the streets of San Francisco barefoot in the last year. I've stepped on some glass maybe a dozen or so times, stubbed my toe...
I would tend to think that wearing flip-flops could cause more of an infection than barefoot. I had a pair of sandals that caused red dots on the sides of my...
While I totally agree with you about the natural world, I dont think the "streets of San Francisco" qualify. Having said that, dont fear the unnatural world so...
Over the Memorial day weekend, from Friday at 5pm to Tuesday at 9am I was barefoot the entire time. I have never been barefoot this long before, except in the...