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Well, I was unable to do any running this weekend. First it was because of the camp out I took my son on. Then it turns out I had a bad burger at a local road-side dinner on Friday night and all Saturday/Sunday I was sick in bed with some kind of stomach flu. Oh well, life happens. 🙂

Monday of this week saw me running a fairly brisk 5 miles around the local park. I loaded up a metronome app on my read more

Well, this last Sunday found me at the America’s Run Half-Marathon in Arlington, TX. IT was the Innagural half with the run starting outside of the new Cowboy Stadium and finishing on the 50 yard line with your image being projected on the jumbotron (or whatever they call it). Since I’m not up to that kind of mileage in my bare feet just yet, I decided to run the race in my trusty VFF read more

This week I have decided to run the majority of my miles barefoot, even if I have to cut back on the miles. I am currently enrolled in a training program focused on increasing speed (through a local running store) and on the schedule they had an 85 minute easy run on Sunday. I started out in my Asics but after about an hour I just couldn’t stand it anymore and removed my shoes so I could run read more

Although I have been running in Vibram Five Fingers for a few months, off and on, last week I decided to try complete barefoot running for the first time. Unfortunately I did not take everyone’s advice and did too much too soon. My first barefoot run felt so good that I ran close to 4 miles on cement. At the end of the run I had a number of blood blisters around the balls of my feet. Other read more

Hello to everyone. Here is a quick introduction:Name: Jason
Age: 40
Years running: 4-5
Typical weekly mileage: 20-40 mpw (more when in marathon training)
Usual running terrain: mostly sidewalks, road, park paths (cement) and some track
Experience going barefoot: I have always liked to walk around barefoot so it’s not a big deal for me to go barefoot throughout read more