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    True story

    A kidney donation cured my man flu and made me start in today's half marathon world championships. http://onoldage.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/day-87-a-kidney-transplant-cured-my-man-flu/
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    Runner's high

    It might have been discussed earlier, but I couldn't find anything, so I'll ask: if runner's high is connected with the release of endorphins, and endorphins are being released at a higher rate when you run barefoot (because of the sensory feedback sometimes bordering on pain), does that mean...
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    Guinness, anyone?

    (No, not the beer, the record book.) In an attack of hubris I wrote in the latest Kondis that next winter, I'll run a half marathon barefoot. More than that, I'll run it in sub-zero temperature. More than that, I'll run it on ice and snow -- and in doing so, I'll be the proud owner of a...
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    My first proper snow run

    My first proper snow run By Nisto Winter has been mild in Copenhagen. The temperature has been hovering just above freezing for what seems like months: always cold, never cold enough for snow. Until yesterday. When I picked up my oldest son from school to take him to capoeira (yes, I...
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    Barefoot Roman/Greek statues and their pinky toes

    I went to the Glyptotek yesterday to get some cultural input. But I left with a question more than anything else: how come the pinky toes of the statues are so crooked? The Greek and Romans didn't wear shoes, and everything else on their feet seemed to resemble my feet now, after years of...
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    My first proper snow run

    Winter has been mild in Copenhagen. The temperature has been hovering just above freezing for what seems like months: always cold, never cold enough for snow. Until yesterday. When I picked up my oldest son from school to take him to capoeira (yes, I remembered!) big snow flakes were falling...
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    How far north have you run BF?

    In May, I'll be doing a tour in Finnmark (northern Norway) to give talks about swearing (long story). I googled my route, and saw that one of the talks will be in Honningsvåg, just a marathon south of Nordkapp, the northernmost point of Norway. (Well, it's actually Knivskjellodden, but Nordkapp...
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    Oslo Marathon 42 km

    Oslo Marathon 42 km By Nisto It's difficult to say something definite about Oslo Marathon, since the course changes a bit every year. Downtown Oslo is a constant mess, or, as they would say, is in a process of constant renewal. (They also say it will be wonderful in some years. The same people...
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    Oslo Marathon 42 km - race report

    It's difficult to say something definite about Oslo Marathon, since the course changes a bit every year. Downtown Oslo is a constant mess, or, as they would say, is in a process of constant renewal. (They also say it will be wonderful in some years. The same people decided to build the so called...
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    The bareefoot running club

    Funny. WARNING: Contains explicit language.
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    BFR more efficient and still it burns more calories?

    I can't remember where I've read or heard it, but it is my conviction: when you run barefoot, you run more efficient, but you also burn more calories than when running shod. Is it true? It sounds a bit paradoxical, doesn't it? Efficient per definition means not burning as many calories, right...
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    Article by me in Aftenposten

    Aftenposten is the largest (or second largest) newspaper in Norway. They had an article about BF and minimalistic running a couple of weeks ago -- but it was more "wow, some people mean this is good, strange" than anything else. So I decided to write a reply, a comment from someone who really...
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    Broken toe, but it doesn't matter

    Hello world, this is Prague. Actually, I'm Norwegian, but I live in Prague (yes, Czech rep), and I've been running barefoot for a couple of months. Actually (again), 3 weeks I ran a couple of minutes every morning, before the kids woke up, then stopped for a couple of weeks because of...