Minimalist Runner - Barefoot, Sandals, Shoes Google Group

Transiting barefoot

tysonpark...@yahoo.com (Tyson Park) — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:57:12 UT

Dan, you are the man! I totally agree with your thinking. Running barefoot for 26 miles is just more than physical transitioning. You need help from your will and brain. What's going on in your body in barefoot running is complex. Like half marathon comparing with full is not even close enduring pains to maintain a marathon pace speed. Expert analysis of barefoot running based on observations without actual marathon experiences has not much practical value to my personal experiences. I totally revised my barefoot running. barefoot Ted, Ken Bob, Josh, Tim, etc are all good and valuable but you still have to mold, form, revise, and adjust to your own unique nature of body capacity. For instance, pain over joy or enduring pain is just the pain or higher meaning. It's about limbic brain or neocortex. I only ran four barefoot marathons in the last ten months, next one on 6-2-13 San Diego rock & roll. It's to me more about mental training than physical while paying attention on each step at a time. It's such a fascinating challenges even though my old body refuses to cooperate my desire quite often. To me, training your brain is the essential element for bare footing.

Book recommendations

carlas...@sbcglobal.net (Carl Asker) — Sun, 19 May 2013 01:02:39 UT

Iodine - Why you need it by Dr MD David Brownstein - Easy quick read but really
good stuff in it. Well explained. Flouride, Bromide, Chloride and Perchlorate
what an eye opener!

Magnesium Miracle by Dr Carolyn Dean - I enjoyed this book too some really
helpful things in there.

Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss - I kind of knew how the industry worked

Weightlessness and Feet

wilber...@gmail.com (wilberfan) — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:48:31 UT

Fascinating how Astronaut Chris Hadfield (my nominee for coolest astronaut
in history) reports upon returning to Earth last week that,
...after nearly five months of floating, his feet had lost all cushioning
I would quibble with his use of the word "calluses", but I'd never heard
of this effect on feet before. It makes sense, though. If

Huaraches and Blood Blisters

baz...@gmail.com (Barefoot Bazza) — Sat, 18 May 2013 22:44:14 UT

I will be doing the Kokoda Challenge here on Australia's Gold Coast in
July. 93 km through streams, mud, rocks and about 4000 m of climbing. What
you would call "technical". It will go through the night (except for the
runners - of which I hope to be one someday...:) )
Yesterday I did about 25 km in my Luna Leadvilles. This consisted of

New Minimal Shoe Alert! - Anatom N1 Superlite

nick.je...@gmail.com (Nick J) — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:16:29 UT

[link]

Could be a good - Only £60 and with a removable insole to fine tune the
drop. Looks promising but probably not grippy enough for my liking, and
maybe not barefoot enough for others on the list...

OT- xkcd as vision diagnostic

richfra...@gmail.com (Rich Frantz) — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:47:23 UT

[link]

so what does it mean if I only see the mass of little numbers?

is it calf strain? or is it scar tissue breaking up or something else?

spain...@gmail.com (jeeters) — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:11:46 UT

as usual, its been a while since i've posted. but i'm happy to report i'm
back to running! slowly and at max ~3miles (took me a cpl months to build
back up to that). (reminder recap: i had what i thought was PF approx 2
yrs ago, went to 5 billion practitioners, had ART, went to spaulding rehab

Re: [Minimalist Runner:135446] Digest for huaraches@googlegroups.com - 25 Messages in 5 Topics

peter.hajdu...@gmail.com (Petr Hajdušek) — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:52:13 UT

2013/5/16 <huaraches@googlegroups.com>

Posture

tysonpark...@yahoo.com (Tyson Park) — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:28:58 UT

Lawrence, you are giving USA pretty good lecture about "Posture" which is the essence of good running form. Late Micha True said that the most important thing in running is "form." without good form a runner does not last long said by another great Alberto Salazar. He himself acknowledge that his form was bad, and injuries follow as a result thereof. Forgive me Lawrence, l still like Gordo's comment. He nailed you, LOL. Just kidding Lawrence.

OT - Want to see what grass fed fat looks like...

carlas...@sbcglobal.net (Carl Asker) — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:22:08 UT

....went and got some...:-)

Carl

City Sports Minimalist Options

eile...@gmail.com (John (NoVa)) — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:20:11 UT

Apologies in that I know this is a regional chain and not of interest to
many here, but there are still a lot of folks in the DC to Boston corridor.
Anyway, I just got back from a DC City Sports (picked up the Vapor Glove
finally) and was really impressed with the selection. Brands now include
minimalist options from Vibram, Merrell, NB, Brooks (Pure), Altra, and

OT-good eatin' for east coasters

richfra...@gmail.com (Rich Frantz) — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:24:51 UT

[link]

Science of Sport...

s...@2sparrows.org (Sean Butler) — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:09:27 UT

Offered without comment...

[link]

OT - Rabbit Fat

bpan...@gmail.com (Ben Pangie) — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:41:05 UT

I've been raising rabbits for a little while now and while they're not the
fattiest of creatures, I do render the little fat they have.

I've rendered beef fat before and it firmed up nicely once it cooled to
room temperature (63 in the winter). One of the differences I've noticed
with rabbit fat is that it starts to melt at room temperature and when I

Calf pain

jadjw...@gmail.com (Donna Canuck) — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:51 UT

I've been running in minimalist shoes for about 2 months and am up to 7 km
now, hoping to run a half marathon this fall in them. For years I've been
wearing big clunky shoes and thick orthotics, and for the most part,
running is great now. The last 2 runs, have noticed some outside calf pain.
Does anyone know what the problem could be, if it's serious, and what I can

Any of you have had metatarsalgia?

putimahar...@gmail.com (Puti Maharani) — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:17:17 UT

Got it the first time I tried Five Fingers. Couldn't understand whether I
didn't take it slow or probably wrong running technique for my body. I'm a
forefoot striker since 2000 and I have been having the pain since last
year. It doesn't hurt during run, but quite bugging me after it especially
when walking or tip toe.

Dan Lieberman on Colbert

tuck...@gmail.com (Tuck) — Thu, 16 May 2013 00:11:10 UT

This should be interesting...

[link]

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tuck...@gmail.com (Tuck) — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:39:23 UT

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OT - pemmican and the water content of beef jerky

gaj...@gmail.com (gordo) — Wed, 15 May 2013 21:31:41 UT

I ate the last of my pemmican over the weekend. The stuff is as good as
bacon when you're cold and tired. Anyway, I made a new batch this afternoon
using ingredients I got from US Wellness. 8oz of extra dry jerky, 8oz of
extra spicy jerky, and 16oz of tallow. I buzzed up the jerky in the food
processor, put it on cookie sheets and dried it in the oven at 150F for 2

Cross-training: Ski Mountaineering and Running

tuck...@gmail.com (Tuck) — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:41:05 UT

"Two days after *TNFEC50* in San Francisco, December 2012, I was standing
on my skis again. I had in mind to try ski mountaineering so that was what
I did. I got really fascinated and it captivated me the whole winter.

"In February, I started to think about what races I wanted to do in the
upcoming summer. Many of the Skyraces flickered through my mind. The

Topo Athletic M-RR: First Look

tuck...@gmail.com (Tuck) — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:28:42 UT

[link]

New England Race in September?

cwmc...@gmail.com (Cory McGowan) — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:18:59 UT

I'm hoping to make a trip home (southern Maine) from Tokyo some time in
September, and would love to find a race to run while there.
Trails, 50 km - 50 mile, the more climbing the better. I've looked a bit
online, and it looks like slim pickins overall, but if someone has an idea
for me, I would appreciate it.

In the meantime ...

jonathan.ro...@ibiblio.org (Bootstrap) — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:03:07 UT

While my broken foot and toes are healing, I can still do things like yoga,
Pilates, weight lifting, etc., but it's too early for me to do physical
therapy for the foot itself.
Is anything I can do now likely to be particularly helpful when I get back
into running?
Jonathan

No Mountains Out East - TNF50 Mile

seanga...@gmail.com (Sean Gavor) — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:46:16 UT

We got the rocks though!

[link]

Inov 8 minimalist shoes

jhuffman9...@gmail.com (agile runner) — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:42:50 UT

I have a pair of these on order. Has anybody tried them out yet? [link]

Worn Wear

tuck...@gmail.com (Tuck) — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:30:56 UT

If you think Patagonia clothes are expensive...

[link]

OT? FS: Two pair of Vivobarefoot shoes

larissa.par...@gmail.com (Larissa) — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:10:45 UT

My feet got bigger when I was pregnant, and I'd hate to see these shoes go
to waste—hoping someone on this forum needs them? Both pairs of shoes are
vivo size 40.

I have a gorgeous pair of vivobarefoot boots
(these: [link]).

Vivobarefoot for the aging pimp

eile...@gmail.com (John (NoVa)) — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:07:59 UT

Hey, I'm just reading from the website:
"This is our barefoot Oxford characterized by a plain toe and distinctive,
saddle-shaped panel placed in the mid foot. This two tone casual mixes
classic styling with all our barefoot ingredients to firmly place the
saddle as an essential for any aging pimp or American college book worm."

Minimalist dog washing

suzy_g...@yahoo.com (suzyw) — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:27:11 UT

Thanks to this lovely group, I no longer use shampoo or deodorant and use soap only for hand washing. I just got a puppy that will eventually be my running buddy. She's a stinky little pup as she is in the deworming process...what do you paleo washers use to wash your dogs? I can't imagine using dog shampoo if I don't use shampoo myself, so maybe baking soda?

Barefoot Running in the Redding, CT Half Marathon - May 5th 2013

tuck...@gmail.com (Tuck) — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:18:13 UT

[link]

LEM Boulder Boot Review

tuck...@gmail.com (Tuck) — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:34:55 UT

[link]

They look a lot like my Russell Mocs... Even to the tread.

Barefoot running

tysonpark...@yahoo.com (Tyson Park) — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:31:02 UT

I agree with Tuck's analysis on this because in reality there is no substitution for actual running in barefoot. Some times, just ignore those observational analysis. Just listen to your body while running. My better learnings occur while struggling after 20 miles. You really can feel and run more of your body.

Foot Impact Studies

eliotb...@gmail.com (Eliot Bank) — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:01:15 UT

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What a weekend! (ultra-running)

s...@2sparrows.org (Sean Butler) — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:39:05 UT

24 hour world championship

- US me take 1st and 2nd and win gold

- US women take 2nd, 3rd, and 4th and win team gold

(167.6 miles in 24 hours for an 8:35/mile average)

Transvulcania

- Kilian throws down the hammer towards the end to win by 4 minutes and break the course record.

The Cool Impossible

d...@danmozell.com (Dan Mozell) — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:33:18 UT

Just got Eric Orton's book: Lots' of stability and full-body fitness
routines; running form instructions similar to other natural running
coaches but with a not-so-common emphasis on knee drive; big emphasis on
foot-fitness.

Another Thread about drinking "natural" on the run...

terrasen...@gmail.com (Mark G) — Sun, 12 May 2013 11:30:11 UT

Further to the current thread about risks etc of drinking from natural streams: has anyone tried this product? Wondered about carrying one with me in places where streams/ water ways occur along the trail rather than a bottle or bladder... Or as well as.
[link]

How to get natural-based glucosamine resources?

putimahar...@gmail.com — Sun, 12 May 2013 07:24:50 UT

Hi! I'm diagnosed with osteo arthritis 4 years ago due to overtrained. It dissapeared for 3 years and now, it's acting up again. The knee feels stiff a bit. The doctor used to prescribe me glucosamine tablets, but do you know which natural resources containing glucosamine or to help our body to produce them?

Running the Charles

d...@danmozell.com (Dan Mozell) — Sat, 11 May 2013 21:17:28 UT

Today I did a city run, my first since Central Park a few months ago. I
prefer country running, but it's interesting now and then to see large
numbers of runners. During a 9 1/2 mile loop along the Charles on Boston
and Cambridge sides, I saw several 5 Fingers runners. But as with my NY run
in March, the only bare feet I saw were my own. I received several thumbs

Listening to Ben Greenfield Fitness - Fitness, Nutrition and Health Advice (The Zen of “The Zone” – How To Breathe The Right Way When You’re Working Out.)

s...@2sparrows.org (Sean Butler) — Sat, 11 May 2013 20:53:24 UT

Goes with the breathing thread,..

Xero Shoes Mother's Day 50% off sale

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[link]
That's half-off for both DIY Kits and Custom-Made Xero Shoes, in both the

Stream/Spring drinking

nick.je...@gmail.com (Nick J) — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:34:46 UT

What's more minimal/paleo than stream drinking on a run? I'm really in to
this at the moment.
But I have a question to pose to the collective wisdom of the group. Is it
safer (from a not wanting to get giardia point of view) to drink and go?
Would scooping up water in a flask or bottle, increase the chances of

Houston, we have a problem...

tuck...@gmail.com (Tuck) — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:12:54 UT

Walking back to my office, I suddenly got a sharp pain in the second met
head of my weak foot. (Wearing my Vapor Gloves, if you interested.)

What gives? Now I'm limping around the office, although I can still trot a
bit...

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Tucker

Battle of The Ones

dansto...@gmail.com (Dan Stoner) — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:03:40 UT

Just got a marketing email from VivoBarefoot. Now there TWO companies who
have released a shoe named "The One".
[link]
[link]
Good luck Altra!
- Dan Stoner

Flexibility

d...@danmozell.com (Dan Mozell) — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:07:43 UT

[link]

"The genetic basis for elite running performance"

tuck...@gmail.com (Tuck) — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:02:09 UT

[link]

Thinking about trying some kind of sandal

bailyw...@gmail.com (Bailywolf) — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:56:37 UT

I've been using my DIY ghillies for trail running, and they're still doing
the job really well, but I thought I'd like to try a pair of running
sandals or huaraches this summer, in part because my running moccs look *
weird* and I wanted something a little more multi-purpose. I really like
footwear that's flexible as well as *flexible*. So I want a do-everything

Ticks?

mattcrou...@gmail.com (mattcrout) — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:40:26 UT

So I went for a barefoot run/hike last evening along the trails behind my
house. I had my Luna Originals with me, wore them for a little while on
the walk back out of the woods, and I was amazed how much better I liked it
barefoot. Didn't realize it would be such a big difference. But anyhow,

strange callous, form or structural

richfra...@gmail.com (Rich Frantz) — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:57:20 UT

As the weather has warmed up, I have resumed running completely barefoot
for a mile or so at the end of my runs. I am up to about 1.5 miles.

My left foot is developing a callous about the size of a dime in what I
would consider a strange place. If you have ever run in Luna sandals, it
feels like I am stepping on the bottom knot. So this callous is just a bit

Barefoot Ken Bob in Boulder, CO -- Friday, May 24th

ste...@invisibleshoe.com (Xero Shoes) — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:50:58 UT

Join Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton for:

How to Move Forward without Breaking your Feet or other Body Parts – EVEN
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The goal of these FREE presentations is to help people (especially adults)
learn how to teach themselves how to run and/or walk more gently,
efficiently, and gracefully through PLAY and the use of the good senses we

night running

richfra...@gmail.com (Rich Frantz) — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:30:00 UT

I would like to start trail running at night.

Lighting obviously is important so, beyond what Bing can find for me, what
sort of lights does this group recommend?

Do you carry anything at night that you DON'T carry during the day?

Finally, any recommended reading? Links?