Barefoot running interview at Daily Nibbles

My friend Sarah at Daily Nibbles kept getting questions about barefoot running, so she asked me to provide some quick answers.  I’m definitely not an expert on the subject, but I did my best to address some of the basics based on my experiences over the past few months.  Check out the interview here. Barefoot Angie Bee also has a Wooha [...]

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Homeade Huaraches

I don’t need another pair of barefoot running shoes because a) you don’t need shoes to run barefoot, and b) my piriformis injury is still making it difficult to run at all.  Despite all this, these huaraches just looked so great I couldn’t resist giving them a try (warning: pictures of feet coming up…)! I’ve been interested in huaraches [...]

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Frustrated and not counting weeks anymore

I’m frustrated today after taking it easy for almost two full weeks without any improvement.  My piriformis pain is about the same, or possibly worse than two weeks ago.  I’ve been walking, stretching, swimming, massaging, and icing, but nothing seems to help.  Maybe even walking is irritating my piriformis? I did walk about 4 miles yesterday [...]

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Barefoot Boston marathoner, and hitting the road!

I decided to leave work early on Monday so I could watch the Boston Marathon for the second time!  Last year I volunteered at the mile 23 water station with the Boston Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (that’s last year in the photo below), but this time my friend Ray was running so I decided to take the afternoon [...]

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Sidelined by piriformis syndrome…

After last week’s 5 mile run on Sunday I finally admitted to myself that my piriformis is once again bothering me.  I decided to take it easy during the week, so I played tennis on Tuesday (in my vibram’s, which was great by the way), ran an easy 2 barefoot miles on Wednesday and walked [...]

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One Day Without Shoes?

I came across this interesting link today for an event being held by TOMS Shoes – it’s an awareness day to benefit children who grow up without shoes: http://www.onedaywithoutshoes.com/learn.php Their website says:  ”Imagine a life without shoes; constantly aware of the ground in front of you, suffering regular cuts and scrapes, tending to infection after each [...]

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15 miles for Week 21

Preston snapped this silly photo of me at my first barefoot race last weekend: We had some beautiful weather this week, so after a post-race rest day on Monday and a swim early in the week,  I headed back out for more running.  I ran 3 miles on Wednesday totally barefoot (this really caused some stares and comments!) [...]

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Cambridge CityRun 5 Miler – First “barefoot” race!

Hi all, I know it’s been too long since my last post!  We shot some video of my first barefoot race on Sunday and I’ve been putting off this post because I wanted to add the video.  I still don’t quite have that ready between the capturing, uploading, etc., so I thought I should finally [...]

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