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  1. Spinningwoman

    Shark Feet

    My daughter came up with this name for the thing with my feet whereby they are fine when walking or running but seize up and go stiff when I sleep or sit down for more than a couple of minutes - sharks have to keep moving or they die, apparently. I love it! so much better to be able to say...
  2. Spinningwoman

    Killerton Parkrun 5k

    Well, I did it, my first 'event', and it went fine. The first mile and the last half mile were grass and woodland mud tracks, which I ran barefoot, but the bit in the middle was quite rough gravelled or stony track, for which I was glad I had taken my Sockwas. They were super-easy to put off...
  3. Spinningwoman

    Least convincing good reason for barefoot running?

    At the end of a very positive article about a guy from Wales hoping to run the London marathon barefoot was this bizarre 'expert' sound bite - "Running barefoot can actually improve running proficiency by 5% because the extra skin that is exposed increases the body's access to oxygen." Wow, so...
  4. Spinningwoman

    Register UK chapter with Park Run as a club?

    I can't access the chapters through Tapatalk, so apologies for putting this here. Could we register the UK chapter or the whole BRS with Parkruns as a running club? Then I could put it as my club and have it appear in results etc if and when I get any! There isn't any red tape or affiliation...
  5. Spinningwoman

    Anyone else use Fitbit?

    I expect this is probably not really hard-core enough for all you serious runners<g> but the last couple of weeks I have been using a fitbit flex wristband which tracks activity - basically like a fancy pedometer that talks to a website. I bought it mainly for the silent vibrating alarm and the...
  6. Spinningwoman

    Carrying stuff on head

    OK, slightly OT here, but in my head there's a connection<g>. (Pesky neurons.). Maybe it was the Sherpa pictures that made me think of it. Has anyone here ever attempted to carry stuff on their head, either for posture training or as a practical thing? I remember being slightly obsessed...
  7. Spinningwoman

    Trigger point Massage

    I had a massage a month or so back as part of a Natural Running coaching session, and it was great. I could feel her finding some definite knots and forking them out. When I massage my own calves, I don't find knots, though when I use the roller, I can feel it go over a kind of 'speedbump' which...
  8. Spinningwoman

    Stiff feet

    Just to make sure I'm not ignoring something I shouldn't... I'm about 2 months in with being barefoot or wearing minimal shoes now, being still very careful with the running (not 2 days running, stopping when I get tired etc and very short distances, barefoot except for xeros on gravel paths)...
  9. Spinningwoman

    Beginners cadence questions

    This is probably obvious, but I am a bit confused. I feel like it would be helpful for me to focus on my cadence a bit to try avoid dropping into my old 'jogging' pace that feels natural but doesn't really 'spring'. I know the figure of 180 is bandied around but accept I may not be up to that...
  10. Spinningwoman

    Society for Rational Dress

    Just been watching a program about the Victorians and it seems that the Society for Rational Dress, a group of women led by Oscar Wilde's wife who campaigned against the corset also protested against high heeled or pointed toed shoes as another fashion that led to deformity and disease.
  11. Spinningwoman

    Feeling heelstrike on walking?

    I'm posting this here as it is about walking, nor running. I am testing out a pair of xero huaraches I won in the July giveaway and noticing that weirdly I find them very comfortable for running but less so for walking. First thing is that walking seems to push them forward on my feet slightly...
  12. Spinningwoman

    Achilles tendon problem in shod runner

    My husband re-started running at the same time I did, but wearing shoes. He was being (for his very type A personality) quite sensible, following a 'couch to 5K' app and only running alternate days. He is currently mega-gloomy because despite being 'sensible' his achilles has started playing up...
  13. Spinningwoman

    Huarache knot and morton's toe

    I like my homemade huaraches but I have noticed that in use, my feet slide so that the knot seems to end up uncomfortably just under the end of my second metatarsal which is presumably exactly where I don't want it given that I have a slight mortons toe. As I have a pair of xeros on order, I...
  14. Spinningwoman

    No TMTS here! Beginners log

    Is it OK to start a thread here? There seem to be two or three beginners on the forum and I thought a diary thread might help keep the enthusiasm going while helping to resist the temptation to go wild. So far, my foot pain seems to have gone. Whether it was just rest after overdoing it, or...
  15. Spinningwoman

    Chain mail for feet!

    Has anyone come across these? http://magento.gost-barefoots.com/paleoanterra.html I have a chain mail cook's glove (for high speed chopping) and I can imagine these being awesome! Maybe you could persuade them to do a giveaway?
  16. Spinningwoman

    Barefoot skipping?

    I was wondering about a bit of barefoot skipping to help avoid the repetition of my tmts problem, if that's what it is. I was thinking that maybe one issue is that I currently drive to the place I run, and once there, maybe that encourages me to do more than I should? At home I can do really...
  17. Spinningwoman

    Pain from barefooting, possibly MT related?

    I think i probably have this 'mortons toe' that people are talking about, though it has never caused any pain and i dont have any callous under my second toes. It is actually quite difficult to feel my 'knuckles' but it seems pretty clear that my big toe knuckles take a step down, and my...
  18. Spinningwoman

    It's all your fault<g>

    I couldn't see how to delete this completely - if a moderator can, please do; it was a duplicate created by my useless intermittent internet.
  19. Spinningwoman

    It's all your fault<g>

    It's all your fault<g> By Spinningwoman OK, so under the subliminal influence of this forum, I have metamorphosed from someone who just wanted to find out more about barefoot mechanics to fix a threatening bunion into an Actual Runner. (In much the same way that my teenage son poking a piece...
  20. Spinningwoman

    Stem/Lems Primal 1 Origins women sizing

    I'm in the UK and ordered these in size 38 EU (advertised as US as US 7-7.5 women's but running half a size small) on the internet to wear with my 'Correct Toes' spacers before I realised that not only have I been wearing shoes that are too narrow all my adult life but also too short by at least...