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  1. randicoot

    Call me Dr bf Mike

    Congratulations!
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    Hairy question

    You can try waxing but be sure to watch The 40 Year Old Virgin first. Or in other words, don't try waxing. Randy
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    Seasonal textures

    Half inch to an inch of crunchy snow, snow that was rained on and then froze. I was in socks and Sockwas but it was still a pleasurable sensation.
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    Who can help?

    For me, it was remarkable that barefoot running was possible at all! Before doing any conditioning I went out on the road and ran about 50 feet, landing on fore/mid foot with each step landing under center of gravity. It felt so, dare I say, natural. That was a remarkable enough result for me...
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    I need materials

    There's some interesting stuff here: https://www.ahh.biz/fabric/rubberized/. I have some of the stuff with the little dots texture but I haven't done anything with it yet. At 1/32", it's thin and flexible (not very stretchy) but seems like it would be durable though.
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    Inflamed tendon

    3 years ago I had a pain in about the same location but I don't remember about lifting the big toe--seemed to be coming from between the two bones--tolerable to run on but I rested and iced for a few weeks. It seemed better and I did a 5 mile run. About half way through it suddenly came back but...
  7. randicoot

    Hello!

    Welcome!
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    Milestone

    Thanks! I haven't really sampled much of the state for running. So far, I've only run on the roads near home (Temple) and a 5k in Manchester. Temple is good for hills, that's for sure. I've half considered going into Milford to do a long flat run, but can't convince myself I can take the extra...
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    Milestone

    Thanks for the encouragement guys!
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    Running and pelvic spasm

    I've clicked on this a few times trying to come up with something. I can only imagine you're feeling like your body is falling apart. You might consider reposting this in the Ask the Docs forum. I'm not a doctor so I can only speak from experience. I don't know anything about connective tissue...
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    Milestone

    Hit 1000 BF miles on my last run. It's taken me five warm seasons. Had some injuries come and go--ToFP, fibula stress fracture, ankle pain, the weird, intense foot pain that lasts just a day or so, medial knee tendon inflammation and bursitis, and finally beat (fingers crossed) my left side...
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    People's reactions when you run

    On some of my runs I had seen a few times and said good morning to this woman running in shoes in the opposite direction. Then I happened to encounter her on a section of the road that had just been repaved and so I said, "Nice new road!" She replied, "Yes, I see you're running," and there was a...
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    Numbness

    For the PF, what worked for me was rolling my arches on a hard roller--I used an empty wine bottle. It will hurt but start out with light pressure and increase pressure when it seems reasonable. Eventually (it took me years) you should be able to put all your weight on it. The PF went away...
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    whats your favorite surface to walk/run bf?

    There was an intersection nearby where the asphalt was old and worn smooth and it felt like porcelain in comparison to the roads leading into it. What a dream. Last fall they did the chip seal thing--lay down liquid tar and covered it with coarse sand. I'm hoping the harsh winter, with all the...
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    Hello from Amit in NJ!

    Welcome, Amit! Is the pinched nerve similar to the toe tingles that sometimes happens to beginning barefooters? I had it in both feet but it has only stuck around in left foot, and only in temps colder than about 65. Curling the toes exercise, like you're scrunching up a rug or making a fist...
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    Engaging the big toes?

    When you engage the big toes which foot gets the ring? And does it go on the big toe or the ring toe? How long does the engagement last before they get married? I have a friend whose big toes got married and nine months later, sure enough, there was a new baby toe on the right foot. Due to a...
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    Pain on outside of ankle

    I had some ankle pain a few years ago, which I associate with what I think was a stress fracture in my left fibula. The pain started the spring/summer after the fracture healed. It was mostly there while running and went underneath the ankle joint (the end of the fibula) from the front left to...
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    Breathe Slower Yet Run Faster? really...

    Kozz, I apologize for the troll remark. It felt to me like you were continuing your rant against all nose breathing while running and, hey, maybe you were. Personally, I'm not interested much in defending the original post. I think people are generally smart enough to figure out what to spend...
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    Breathe Slower Yet Run Faster? really...

    Troll. These threads wouldn't be nearly as "endless" if you didn't comment and you know it. IIRC, a lot of the pro-nose-breathers in the "Mouth is for eating nose..." thread admitted that for race pace or steep uphills, they had to mouth breathe, but you, apparently a sprinter, deliberately...
  20. randicoot

    THIS is what constitutes "healthy footwear" these days!

    And, healthy can mean different things, incuding "of a satisfactory size or amount : making a healthy profit."