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Right now, I’m a poseur. I don’t actually run barefoot. My first marathon is in two weeks and as you’ll see below, I don’t know where I am in the shoe world-minimalist, full heeled normal shoe, vff, what? Once that is done I plan to transition to full on bare footedness so until then, here’s some info on me:
Name: Megan
Age: 26
Years running: Consistently: 1.5. read more
Yes, but not me I hasten to add (maybe next year).
I was hoping to catch him for a chat but he got away from me.
Anyone who knows this race, also knows that there is a long downhill section around 9 and 10 miles (as well as some nice little up-hills early on), not exactly the ideal barefoot run. But this guy looked so natural and smooth, a few barefoot miles under his belt I suspect.
I was out again read more
After my great experience last weekend I was due for a crap week. I can’t explaine my actions as cocky, just stupid. I decided that maybe if I go and run one of my old routes from my shoed days, the sidewalks would be clear and clean. Boy was I wrong.
I went out Tuesday for a 4.5 mile loop and ended up dancing around rocks and gravel, walking through bad patches and running on the worst read more
This week went quite well. Total milage was 12.1 and on Sunday I ran the Charm City St. Patty’s Day 5k in Baltimore MD, Barefoot.
I began running completely and solely Barefoot on January 10th, 2010. Since then I have followed the 1/8th of a mile up to 3 miles and then the 10% rule up until last Thursday when I ran my furthest distance of 4.5 miles. 2 months in, my feet feel great and read more
I started this week happy from my success in completing a 5k earlier than my race next week. I was also excited because out of the gates, the week was looking to be warmer and that lifted my spirits. My first run was just about perfect but I noticed at the end that my right calf was a bit more sore. I couldn’t quite put a finger on what caused it but it seemed to be a glaring problem read more
It’s nice to see some research on the subject of barefoot running.
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