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  1. ElyDave

    Blind Pole Vaulter on the podium

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/32769608 Such a cool story. I don't think she was barefoot, but the dog is ;)
  2. ElyDave

    UK Race Report - Grim Reaper 40-miler

    Not barefoot and not as minimal as I'd like but here it is http://adventuresofanathleticdiabetic.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/grim-reaper-40-mile-race-2014-success.html and Garmin trace for those that way inclined http://connect.garmin.com/activity/554906888
  3. ElyDave

    Wish me luck

    Not been on here for quite a while, various reasons. Event number 3 of my attempt at 5PBs this year at various distances. Tomorrow is the 40-miler. I've had to take a slight detour from complete minimalist shoes for this one as I managed to screw up my achilles about 5 weeks ago, so I've...
  4. ElyDave

    More a plan than a race report - and an appeal for charity

    I have a rapidly approaching 40th birthday, next year and I thought it was an opportunity to do something useful. As most of you know, I have a minor exercise habit which is going to play a part in all of this as well. Firstly, here’s the charity plug and request for money that you’re all...
  5. ElyDave

    Inov-8 F-lite 195 and altra samson

    http://adventuresofanathleticdiabetic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/new-shoes-old-shoes-and-better-legs.html
  6. ElyDave

    Still alive

    Not been around here much recently, up to my eyeballs in work and other sstuff. Still been keeping the various bits of training going though, letting the blogging and jabbering slide rather than the training. new blog entry this weekend http://adventuresofanathleticdiabetic.blogspot.co.uk/
  7. ElyDave

    Diabetic barefoot ultra (or not) minimalist etc running thread

    Just a thread for anyone affected by, running with, expert in, curious about diabetes and how it affects our running. Minimalist or not, type 1, type 2 whatever. I'm sure there's more than just me out there and I'd be glad to hear from you all and how you manage your condition. For me, so...
  8. ElyDave

    My first fell race

    Did this http://www.yomp.org/yomp_map.htm yesterday, 23 miles of Cumbrian fells, mostly offroad following a marked out course up and down the hills. And when I say off road, I also mean off path, in some cases there is no path. 4 good climbs for a total of 1200m/3600ft. My target was...
  9. ElyDave

    Possible type 1 diabetes or thyroid issues - advice please

    Went to see my doctor this morning and presented some symptoms that I though matched overactive thyroid fairly well, but he thinks also match potential type 1 diabetes. Getting bloods taken tomorrow, may turn out to be either one of those, soemthing entirely different or nothing at all...
  10. ElyDave

    My take on a couple of pairs of Inov-8s

    http://diary-of-a-barefoot-wannabee.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/lets-talk-shoes-specifically-inov-8.html
  11. ElyDave

    My latest Race - New Year's Eve 10k

    Almost, but not quite a PB despite 35km/h winds down the course. http://diary-of-a-barefoot-wannabee.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/ely-runners-new-years-eve-10k.html
  12. ElyDave

    Need advice/opinions on a muddy duathlon

    The event is an off-road duathlon 5km run/16km bike/3km run. I've borrowed my sister's MTB (same height as me) because she has front suspension and disc brakes which mine doesn't, but it has open cage pedals and I have no MTB pedals or shoes. My plan therefore is to ride in the same shoes as...
  13. ElyDave

    Odd TOFP

    About 6 weeks ago I was doing some reconfiguring of the garden involving a fair bit of spade work. At one point I slid into the trench I was digging and twisted my left ankle. Acute pain immediately on the outside of the ankle just below the ankle bone where the peronous longus runs around the...
  14. ElyDave

    Funny foot thing going on

    Hopefully not the dreaded stress fracture, but I've been having some unusual pains in my left foot. On waking, I'll put my foot down (left) and get a pain shoot through the 1st/2nd metatarsal area (1st being big toe). Walk around for about a minute or so and the pain is gone. Sit for a...
  15. ElyDave

    which race to chose?

    having DNFd in July, I have unfinished business with the ultra distance. I'm definitely going back to that course next year to have another go at that one. Question is, the next race, in November. I have a choice of a marathon around Rutland Water, a very large lake, fairly flat, mixed...
  16. ElyDave

    The Olympics

    Thought it was time for an Olympic thread. Womens 10k to come later this evening Aren't team GB doing well so far? Discuss (not discus):D
  17. ElyDave

    Short Hammies - Help?

    Conversation between me and a sports injury therapist "for more specific advice I need to know two things, 1st, when lying flat, face up, how far can you lift your legs, one at a time, and maitain straight leg, give me a degrees of movement and 2nd lying face down, put your hands under your...
  18. ElyDave

    word association

    It's that time again, I'm stuck in another airport lounge for at least another hour, then 12 hours to Singapore, a three hour layover then on to Sydney. Just to refresh the rules, it's so simple, even Chaser Williams is included. I post a word, next person posts the first word to come into...
  19. ElyDave

    Had my first run-in with officiousness

    So, after work today I went to the local waste site to get rid of a load of rubble from a garden project. Sensibly for this, I wore shoes as I would be concentrating on rubble disposal and not where I was putting my feet. So far so good. On my way home I stopped at the local supermarket...
  20. ElyDave

    can't believe how much my feet have changed!

    In a fit of weakness with sore knees today, and also partly just for the fun of it, I tried on my old Asics Gel Kakayno 15s today. Same size as my trail gloves and NB zero drop trails, but I found them unwearable. My feet now bulge out across the width of the upper, stretching it out into...