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Race Report - Ards Half Marathon So Friday night was the Ards Half Marathon. I ran the same race a few years ago in my shoes in 2:11. Terrible time I know but I was happy just to finish. The course is a brutal 13miles with an horrific two and half mile hill climb at mile 2, which you climb...

On the 6th May 2013 I ran my first proper real race, barefoot. I say race, I mean a leg of the Belfast Marathon. I've done some distance running before, a half marathon, various marathon legs etc but that was all done shod. I've been doing some longer runs in my Vibrams to keep up the fitness...

I went for 4 miler in my barefeet down at Crawfordsburn Country Park, down the paths alongside the beach. It went well. My feet are a little chewed up this morning, a couple of blood blisters and a little tender but all good. If you don't know already, I was on a couple of Barefoot websites a...

So yeah, it's been a while since I've posted anything on here. Busy times! But hey I gotta update you on what happened on Friday. For me the worst bit of barefoot running isn't the stones, the gravel the pain like all non barefooters would think, no it's passing other people. Some people have...

So today I had my first barefoot run. Ok my second barefoot run but my first PROPER barefoot run (over 1:41secs), no Vibrams and out on the street. 
Today’s run went far better than Tuesday’s. I managed about 3miles. 
I took Ken Bob’s advice and picked a route that included large parts of stony...

So last night I tried my first proper barefoot run without the Vibrams, out on the roads.
I’ve been running barefoot on the treadmill for about 6 months so figured I’d be ready…
The technique was down, I had my soft landing and weight spreading sorted, bent knee, cycling motion,180 cadence…I was...

So this account is blogging my introduction to barefoot running. 
I’ve been running barefoot on a treadmill for about 6 months and in Vibram Bikilas out on the road. 
I got interested initially after watching a programme called “The Truth About Sports Products”. About all the over marketed...