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  1. Warm vs Cold Weather Running Question

    Nick, I think you've misread my posts and my intent. I was only pointing out that forum posts are not necessarily a good indicator of what typical barefoot runners, or typical people, experience. People do respond to statements about what is considered to be normal, and when they don't fit...

  2. Warm vs Cold Weather Running Question

    SillyC, My point was that with posts about how some people can manage in the cold, others may feel like they are abnormal, and won't post their own experiences. Even worse, those who tried and quit barefoot running aren't counted, either. Basing your opinion solely on forum posts seems to me...

  3. Warm vs Cold Weather Running Question

    It does seem that many of us can increase our tolerance to heat and cold. In 16 months, by following all the advice and making the adjustments gradually, I've managed to go from 50F to 46F as my lower threshold. Many folks will consider that trivial, and in their context, it might be. But...

  4. Warm vs Cold Weather Running Question

    JT, I agree that the Swedish video is impressive, as are BF Bob's and BF Rick's cold weather exploits. By "fairly hard-core", I just meant that barefoot runners who are comfortable running at 41F are probably the minority (maybe even small minority) of barefoot runners. It's great that...

  5. Warm vs Cold Weather Running Question

    To emphasize a point made before, I think there is huge variation in how individuals' extremities react to the cold and heat. Most of those posting on this thread are what I'd consider fairly hard-core extreme (or at least cold) weather barefoot runners. I'd hate for beginners or at least...

  6. Running consecutive days barefoot

    I'm another one of those who would love to be able to run every day. I'm also a little beyond my second year of barefooting, and I run 3 or 4 times a week, always with at least one day in between runs. I'm shooting to run on consecutive days sometime this year, but for me the big limiting...

  7. Road surface is my major obstacle right now ...

    This is a great thread. And I agree that it's really nice to hear about the full range of experiences, good and bad, that some of our most accomplished peers have with rough surfaces. Most of my progress with rougher surfaces stopped once winter hit, when I was forced to do most of my...

  8. Indigenous Marathon Project

    Thank you, Neil, for posting this. The pictures from the Yarrabah run are also interesting. It looks like that run was on a dirt road with some rocky debris, and gravel sections in places. These kids and these kids look like the gravel doesn't change anything about how they run. Wouldn't it...

  9. New Study shows Shod running more efficient??

    TJ, I agree that it's frustrating, and you are diligent in calling out those who are trying to distract and deceive the general public. It is important to fight back. But as you've said before, the best argument we can make is just to get out there and run barefoot ourselves -- that's the...

  10. Barefoot Rick is going to hit the 20,000 barefoot mark.

    Rick and Spooner, you guys are inspiring examples!

  11. Barefoot Runner's attacker pleads guilty

    Thank you, TJ, for the news. From what I remember, it was a barbaric attack. I'm curious why the perpetrator did it, but the article doesn't say. This case actually was tragedy on multiple fronts -- the pervasive dishonesty of dozens of witnesses, the shallow police investigation, and the...

  12. Debunking the University of Colorado Barefoot Running Study: “UnMaking” the Case for Running Shoes

    Thank you, Steven and Ahcuah, for your excellent critiques of this study. A common theme in your reviews and in the comments following both of your reviews is the artificial nature of the study (running on a treadmill, contrived footwear even in the "barefoot" condition, running pace different...

  13. survey from the Arizona School of Podiatric Medicine

    Yeah, I agree these are problems, but I don't consider them to be fatal flaws. I was not trying to defend this survey, but just let people know about it. Sometimes it can be worth participating in a less than ideal study in the hopes that at least some of the information will be used...

  14. survey from the Arizona School of Podiatric Medicine

    BFWillie, I meant that this survey seemed a little better than many of the surveys on BFR that have been mentioned in these forums (when researchers are seeking to recruit participants). So I was speaking in relative, not absolute, terms. The University of Delaware study strikes me as the...

  15. survey from the Arizona School of Podiatric Medicine

    I forgot to say that the survey also covers minimalist running, so it's suitable for a broad range of visitors to this site.

  16. survey from the Arizona School of Podiatric Medicine

    There's another survey related to barefoot running, this one conducted by researchers at the Arizona School of Podiatric Medicine. See the survey here. It's better than most surveys on the topic, although it's not perfect. Most researchers so far have not designed their surveys to answer some...

  17. Celebrating the re-opening of the BRS!

    Thank you, TJ and the rest of you who have been working hard behind the scenes. I am grateful for your putting the interests of the BRS ahead of your own individual interests. I think it is disgusting that one person's greed has caused so much turmoil. If the barefootrunners.org does end up...

  18. IMPORTANT!!!! How did you learn of the new domain name?

    I heard about it from an I heard about it from an email message sent by you, TJ, but it was sent from a gmail address from mmoore.

  19. Embedded rocks

    Well, speak of the devil and Well, speak of the devil and he is sure to appear. A few days after I wrote the post above, my left big toe got infected. It had a small puncture hole, but no obvious embedded object. So I assumed that something microscopic had entered under the skin and caused...

  20. Embedded rocks

    During the first few months During the first few months that I began running barefoot exclusively, I had several episodes of embedded rocks and glass. The embedded objects were uncomfortable, but I usually didn't realize something was embedded for days or weeks, and eventually removed them...
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