My BF story..so far
Hi all. Thought I’d share my journey so far. As a fairly new bf’er I hope it may be useful to someone thinking about it or starting out… I only began running at all in April last year but I soon...
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What a fantastic story, thankyou for sharing. I think it will help runners who are starting out or thinking about it. I don’t think you got it wrong by running on grass. I know that the consensus is...
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The joys of barefoot trail running
Thea Gavin wrote this fantastic post for us based on her sucess as a barefoot trail runner. Whenever I am sad or down, Thea’s blog cheers me up. It reminds me of what running is all about. Thanks...
View ArticleNot a success story, but progress
I posted this in the Say Hello section on 8th June 52 , 6 ft, 14 1/2 stone. Gave up on running fair few years back due to achilles pain. Took up cycling and proved to myself I wasn’t too old for...
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Went fine. Achilles stiff, but given I was running 3km on concrete I’m pretty happy with how it’s going
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Sounds like success to me! I get a lot of pleasure out of reading real stories like yours. We read so many tales of folk doing ultra this and ultra that that we forget that the majority of us are...
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I second Chris’s sentiment! Good job on taking initiative in the first place, recognizing your progress along the way, and being willing to reach out here and share your story both to get support, and...
View ArticleGoing barefoot in the mountains . . . makes me smile
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=AeiqBy7kdnI Last week we went camping/hiking in the Eastern Sierra Nevada . . . and I made a short video to help me relive the fun (and maybe encourage...
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I enjoyed having a look around your other new videos as well. It looks such a great place to run and hike. Make sure that you also visit Thea’s blog at http://theagavin.wordpress.com/,
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I found the best link to Thea’s Youtube channel was https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVy21IXp-3Mo3lQPAJ4g4mg
View ArticleWhat was your first barefoot run like?
Hi folks – I am writing a piece at the moment encouraging people to get out and give barefooting a go. I am looking for a few real life experiences of first barefoot runs that you wouldn’t mind me...
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Hello i did my first barefoot run today. Did a 5k run in 22minutes. I am used to run in five fingers for the last 3 years. Several weeks ago i also started running in xero shoes. With those i did a...
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My first barefoot run was for about 1 mile along a path of devil concrete in Eastbourne nr Sovereign Centre.I left my flip flops in my van and jogged. The devils concrete is similar to devils...
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I had read everything I could find on the subject. One problem I was not likely to face was pushing too far. I had not been running for several years and so was in pretty poor condition. So I just ran...
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Started running a year ago at 70 years of age-could do about 50 metres and then had to walk before starting again. Can now run for about 20 minutes after a warm up fast walk of 10. Then my son told me...
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It was nice to get an email from Elizabeth. She had been worrying about starting at this time of year but then went for it. here is what she said: I took the plunge! Ran slowly until the pavement got...
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