An Almost Barefoot Year #4

By Soul Man | Published: January 27, 2012

My last post and back to the Bristol Half Marathon.  Come 2011 I ran it in my Evo II minimalist shoes.  I ran a minute slower than 2010 but came 100 places higher up the field – so a… Continue reading

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An Almost Barefoot Year #3

By Soul Man | Published: January 27, 2012

By May the Inov-8 off-road shoes I had run the 2010 Half Marathon in had well and truly worn out.  My birthday was coming up in June and I was very excited as Inov-8 had made the move into… Continue reading

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An Almost Barefoot Year #2

By Soul Man | Published: January 27, 2012

In February I went to Sri Lanka and while I was there I did a couple of runs – one on a beach and one round a town, in and out of the Evo IIs.  But after each I… Continue reading

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An Almost Barefoot Year #1

By Soul Man | Published: January 27, 2012

It’s been six months since my last post now but I’m still an aspiring barefoot runner, if not blogger.  Perhaps that should be a committed minimalist runner, which, for me, seems more practical in the UK.  To get up… Continue reading

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running in the third trimester……

By Bev | Published: January 26, 2012

…….a serious challenge for the pelvic floor!

I’m 34 weeks pregnant now and can’t run for more than a mile without I need the loo! Sometimes I really do need to go, but often it’s a ‘false alarm’ and just… Continue reading

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Cold feet?

By mid-pack Matt | Published: January 23, 2012

Week 3 – 15th – 21st January

Total distance: 15km

Barefoot distance: 800m

Outlook: positive, although developed a bit of a pain in right calf.

 

It was cold last week.  Went out early on Sunday morning after a freezing… Continue reading

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Running in the Third Trimester

By Bev | Published: January 22, 2012

20th January 2012 – 33 weeks pregnant

Well I’m still running…..in a fashion!! Somewhere around the 29 week mark, it was like somebody flicked a switch and running became REALLY hard. I really noticed it on a regular 10k run… Continue reading

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New Year ambition

By mid-pack Matt | Published: January 13, 2012

I don’t like resolutions.  They’re all a bit set up to make you feel bad if you fail.  Ambitions are much more positive because when (if?) you realise them you feel great.  My running ambition for this year is to… Continue reading

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How do YOU warm up for a race?

By RTP | Published: January 7, 2012

Preparing the body and mind for training is important, but if you want to get the best out of yourself for racing then you should be absolutely clear about what you do in your warm up and why you are… Continue reading

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A Frank Horwill golden session for marathon training

By RTP | Published: January 5, 2012

Frank Horwill, MBE, sadly passed away on New Years Day 2012, he was 84.
Frank was an internationally respected running coach whose coaching ideas were followed by many highly successful athletes; you can read Continue reading

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