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So I just had a long talk with a good buddy of mine. He went to a good form running workshop at a local running store, Playmakers (amazing place), got some form tips and realized that one of the reasons he hates running is that he was making it harder than it ought to be. This is one of the...
Ok, now that I'm running again, and I know my injury wasn't caused by my being barefoot (I was beginning to wonder), I can get back up on my high horse about it. My horse isn't really that high. I don't tell other people how to do things...much. I've had a cathartic experience with barefoot...
That's my latest one liner of life instruction for my kids. Another one I use: "There is no try, there is only do!" Yoda philosopher king. "A human that never quits is never defeated." I think that's Fred Thompson.
It's interesting to try and distill life into manageable pieces of instruction...
I'm running tomorrow. My podiatrist put a cm thick layer of tape on my foot and told me to come back when I was ready for a shot of cotisone. He told me my form wasn't really an issue and that I probably wasn't built for running. That didn't help much. I'm going to run.
My awesome vet/distiller...
I'm trying to describe how running feels in my head. Is it falling forward with legs catching you, is it bouncing from foot to foot, is it struggling to keep moving while lazy and grumpy thoughts tempt me to immediately stop and head home? Most of the time these days it's much more pleasant than...
So last week I bumped into my first co-barefooter on the street while running. I've joined groups online, written articles, even put out a Craig's add at one point looking for anyone in the area that might want to run together barefoot without much success, and then running along on a Wed...
I'm delayed in Stewart International Airport, working on a business plan, watching this storm that delayed me for the last 4 hours and is threatening to keep me here another night. Good time to write.
I used to wear regular running shoes, back in the days when I really hated running. Now I...
I don't even have any pets...but I do have a really good friend who is a vet and I take his advice on injuries. He's also a fellow distiller who worked on racing horses all over the world and in his words: "an injury is an injury is an injury". Also in his words: "If your foot hurts let's go...
So to start off with I've never stepped on a nail, thank goodness. My feet are pretty tough since I've been spending so much time without shoes but they certainly wouldn't withstand that.
One of the things that is really difficult for me to manage with my kids has to do with freedom. They are...
When I think of soft tissue I think of my Polish uncle in-law complaining that the toilet paper in the US was too soft. The stuff he was used to was like brown paper bag...anyway.
A quick lecture on soft tissue. Damage to soft tissue can be a nagging impediment that takes a long time to go...
Great advice for...damn my foot hurts too much
What to do about injury? My right foot has been aching for a week or two and I've been taking it easy on the shorter runs but forcing my way through longer ones...you know run through the pain style. Today that didn't work out so well. I went for a...
So running started out for me as a misguided attempt to improve myself by force. I thought if I could make myself do something I disliked it would lead me toward my goal of being a disciplined person. Unfortunately or fortunately for me the opposite happened and I found love in the thing I was...