Dr. Andrew Klein

I felt pretty good through the weekend and took a day off while we visited my family in Iowa. We got back Sunday evening and I was itching to get a run in. I headed out at about 7:15, no shoes again this time, still wanting to work on technique and get that down. I slowed my pace but was careful...

(NB: I orginally posted this on my own blog. One of the goals for that blog is to educate my family and non-barefoot friends a little on barefoot running, so please excuse the obvious information contained within and enjoy my pain, I mean story.) Barefoot running requires a big change in form...

Here we go! Back in the saddle. I did 7/10 of a mile on July 4th after not running since the previous Tuesday. I'm now taking the "run for fun" approach, and listening to my body rather than trying to pound out a specific distance or set of intervals. I didn't time this run, but I did map it...

...of too much too soon! I started on the trail of barefoot running in about April this year. I have never enjoyed running any further than a 400 meter race. Any more than that was literally fatiguing to the point of nausea. As I learn more and practice more barefoot running I realize that my...