The Accidental Barefoot Runner – From Zero Running to Barefoot Marathon in 10 Months and Beyond
By HappySongBird
When 15 year old Chandler Prohl’s mom signed him up for the 2012 Race to Robie Creek half marathon(13.1 miles) he was not a runner. His mom had run several races, including a couple of half marathons, though, and would give him training guidance. But Chandler had always hated shoes. Since he thought he needed some for running, he went shopping and found some Vibram Five Fingers and began 4 months of half serious training. He ran 3 to 4 times a week, only getting up to an 8 mile distance a couple of times right before the race. His Vibrams had been giving him...
I participated today in both the 10k and the 5k runs of the "29th Annual Guthrie Gallop." It takes place in Sayre, PA.
It was my first official unshod 10k race, so I PR'd - 46:43.55 was my time.
The course for both races are fairly flat. The 5 is just a shortened portion of the 10. The weather was great for running, a little on the humid side especially after a downpour that came toward the end of the 10k.
The 10k started at 9AM and the 5k started at 10:30AM, so there was plenty of time to do both.
The running surface was primarily blacktop and in areas very rough blacktop. I looked forward to stoned driveway entrances in areas the pavement was so rough. I was able to seek...
We went through a migration, unbeknownst to you all, hee, and now we are waiting for our DNS records to update. There may be some site hiccups in the next couple of days or so.
If you find the site is down when you come to visit, just know, we aren't going anywhere, and we will be back online shortly.
Tomorrow is International Barefoot Running Day !!!!
Get out there and run! Barefoot. Anywhere.
Locate the IBRD tab, and go to the IBRD Events Listing and find an event closest to you. If there isn't one near you, then just get out there and run barefoot, then report back here what you did.
