http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/ Running Barefoot Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:01:32 GMT Jon Simon http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27499 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27499 Just finished a week hiking Acadia. The trails are very rocky but loads of fun. Was slow going as there were no dirt and loads of roots on the trail. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:22:38 GMT Ken Bob Saxton http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27498 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27498 Whoops! Good news, I did get a picture of Barefoot Mike finishing the race: http://runningbarefoot.org/?page_id=1208&g2_itemId=5748 Just couldn't see him, Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:16:45 GMT Ken Bob Saxton http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27497 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27497 Well, I ran the Surf City Run this July 4th in Huntington Beach, California, again, barefoot, again. But, this year was a little different. Usually, it's just Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:32:20 GMT Michael Carroll http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27496 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27496 This guy is the European Ironman Champion. He blows his first race due to a flat, finds out their is a second race Olympic distance, does not have his cycling Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:19:55 GMT Tellman Knudson http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27495 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27495 I just finished a barefoot 4 miler in Brattleboro Vermont. I ran barefoot, and so did my partner Jodi - but I was pushing a stroller with my 2.5 year old son Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:15:06 GMT Tellman Knudson http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27494 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27494 Hey guys - if anybody here considers themselves a runner who can help new runners get started, or existing runners to get better then I would love to chat with Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:15:23 GMT Wendy Nail http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27493 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27493   I ran in the grass as much as I could, but had to run on the road way more than I would have liked, including to enter the finishing chute.    Wendy  I Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:46:54 GMT Wendy Nail http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27492 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27492 The road was so rough people were complaining it hurt through their shoes!  I can hardly walk now and have decided to spend the rest of the day in a lawn Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:35 GMT Wendy Nail http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27491 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27491 Thanks Brian!  I put it on my Amazon wish list and in the mean time picked up "Trigger Point Self-Care Manual" by Donna Finando.  After reading through the Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:28:29 GMT Mike Rose http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27490 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27490 They were trying to make the conversion (to metric) process much too complicated. IMO, all that they needed to do was: pick a date and switch. We would not Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:37:39 GMT Michael Carroll http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27489 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27489 Dude, I did not get the metric system at all.... LOL! Michael Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:51:50 GMT Barefoot Ted http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27488 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27488 Metric indeed. I remember being told in Elementary school that the USA would become a metric country starting in 1976.  They taught us the metric system and Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:47:35 GMT Ken Bob Saxton http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27487 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27487 Go METRIC! I think on my birthday (July 28), I will attempt to run 54 meters, and just to make it more challenging, I will attempt to run that 54 meters in 54 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:19:46 GMT Barefoot Ted http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27486 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27486 Thanks Ken Bob It was on July 1st. I set out to run 45 miles (deciding the day before that that might be fun) barefoot of course. At 31 miles (50 kilometers) Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:12:34 GMT Ken Bob Saxton http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27485 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningBarefoot/message/27485 Happy Birthday, Barefoot Ted! Have fun, -barefoot ken bob