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  1. Stig Walsh

    A new experience in New York!

    That's a great time, I'm impressed! I was in NY for the day of the race but flew in from LA so was there after the fun. It certainly seemed colder than 7 degrees C to me, but I figured that was after the 26 degrees in CA... Anyway, you look miles better than the shirtless heel-striking chap...
  2. Stig Walsh

    Ankle, Tibial post pain

    Ok. I'm a Doctor, but not an MD, so take anything I say with a pinch of salt as I don't belong here as an authority;). I also have a low (ish) arch on my left foot and get Posterior Tibialis pains on that side. Despite having spent a great deal of my life barefoot it seems many of my stabilising...
  3. Stig Walsh

    Lawsuit Against Vibram Survives Motion to Dismiss

    If a product that causes weakness can be proved to be damaging it surely stands a good chance of being the subject of a successful law suit, unless there are substantial benefits. In my view that has to be the case; how would a skin cream that makes skin permeable to viruses, or a supplement...
  4. Stig Walsh

    Am I alone?

    Actually I seem to remember a chap who was in the news running part of the north east coast barefoot. Then there was this chap, so there must be other barefooters around not that far from Teesside.
  5. Stig Walsh

    100 Miles in 9 Months: The Journey of a Reluctant Barefoot Runner

    Wow, I'm WELL impressed - very cool, well done!!! On the other hand, growing a moustache is a serious business and not to be underestimated. I certainly wouldn't do it. Not even for charity!
  6. Stig Walsh

    Dr. Michael Wilkinson, Northumbria University - Barefoot Running: Science and Practice

    He's a nice chap! It turns out the paper is still in the system and there are no details of when it will come out in print as yet. It seems a pretty neat study though, this time focused on the benefits in economy that even non-routinely barefoot runners experience when going barefoot...
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    Dr. Michael Wilkinson, Northumbria University - Barefoot Running: Science and Practice

    I have done just that. His university home page is here, and it looks like he's been doing some good work. As he's 'one of us' he might even be registered here...
  8. Stig Walsh

    Dr. Michael Wilkinson, Northumbria University - Barefoot Running: Science and Practice

    Does anyone know if this study has actually been published? I haven't been able to locate it but would really like to read it. This kind of press release looks typical of what tends to happen when there's institutional pressure to get ongoing research (and the institution!) into the limelight...
  9. Stig Walsh

    Hey from Scotland!!

    Next year would be fine for me, whenever you feel up to it! Wow - Tough Mudder, eh? I'd heard of those events and always hid behind the sofa! It makes the puny road races I have planned look pretty lame, so you have my respect. One event that appeals (and might just be do-able in minimalist...
  10. Stig Walsh

    Annoying smallest toe problem

    That's good to hear migangelo - it sounds like there can be a reasonable amount of improvement given time and the right shoes (when not BF). Actually I think things might be improving now I'm conciously flexing my toes before landing - at least it seems to move them into a slightly better...
  11. Stig Walsh

    Hey from Scotland!!

    It sounds like you're doing the right thing to me, Twisty. Do as much as you can without shoes and you're feet should get a lot stronger and tougher without having to think about it. My hip stability and balance seemed to improve massively when I upped the amout of barefoot time early last...
  12. Stig Walsh

    Annoying smallest toe problem

    Now that's a depressing thought Kozz! However, I wouldn't have thought that would work over thousands of years unless people who couldn't wear shoes were somehow taken out of the gene pool. Our foot shape must surely be phenotypic, although it would be interesting to see if the same trait were...
  13. Stig Walsh

    Annoying smallest toe problem

    Hi Kozz - that's an interesting theory, and I have to admit to having asked the same questions about what the function of the outer pedal digits. Since mine are so inert I suppose I've followed the standard shoe-wearing person's logic of 'my feet hurt when I walk or run without shoes, ergo...
  14. Stig Walsh

    Annoying smallest toe problem

    Hello there! I apologise if this has been covered elsewhere, but a search of the archive didn't turn up any useful answers. Having spent an unhealthy amount of time observing other people's feet whenever I see a bare pair, I've noticed a fair proportion of them have smallest toes that turn...
  15. Stig Walsh

    Hey from Scotland!!

    Hi Twisty, welcome from me too! I can't add much to what others here have already said except that you have some great beaches with nice firm sand near you. Although I think there's some controversy about training on sand, I'd have thought relatively small distances on the stuff would be a...
  16. Stig Walsh

    Best running scenes in movies?

    Some very good ones there.  Some very good ones there. It's not a film but a music video, but my favorite is Editors 'Papillon' - imagine the impact on those heals! Still gets me going though.
  17. Stig Walsh

    Thoughts on Sprints

    Paleo wrote:Whenever I have Ha - same here, although in terms of actual running injuries this is the first I've had. I've been increasing distance/time and adding in sprints over the last few months, and I'm pretty sure I now have a stress fracture as a result of the sprinting. Totally my...