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  1. Art

    North Country Trail Races in Manistee, MI

    Any truth to the rumors that Any truth to the rumors that you might put in an appearance this year?
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    Let's have your PR's!

    My PRs (minimalist):5k: My PRs (minimalist): 5k: 18:23 (road, VFFs) Half-marathon: 1:44:54 (trail, Merrells) First marathon (trail) is at the end of August, so finishing will be a PR...
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    Top of Michigan 100k Ultra and Team Relay

    Although, my avatar just Although, my avatar just reminded me that huaraches might be a really good option for smooth, crushed limestone on a warm fall day...decisions, decisions...
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    Top of Michigan 100k Ultra and Team Relay

    DMC, I may be up for doing a DMC, I may be up for doing a two person relay with you. I can't say I'm super-excited about miles and miles of crushed limestone, but if the view is good, maybe it will be worth it? Or anyone else for that matter. Fair warning, I do get competitive when I run a...
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    Paleo Questions

    @Longboard: here's a paleo @Longboard: here's a paleo booze recipe for you: 1) Locate honeybee hive 2) Start a good fire near a large pile of rocks 3) Dig a shallow pit near the fire pit, line with spruce boughs, and fill with water 4) Start heating rocks in the fire and adding them to the...
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    Paleo Questions

    Not that I'm paleo (at best, Not that I'm paleo (at best, I have paleolithic tendencies), but I could see including quinoa in moderation. You ever see the 'weed' called lambs-quarters? Very similar...
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    New from MI... HELLO!

    Amie, welcome!  I'm a young Amie, welcome! I'm a young Michigan runner and looking forward to hearing your opinions on all the diet-related threads that get going here. I'm something of am amateur dietitian, though I only have one client...me. Not so committed to being barefoot as much...
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    Terra Plana Dharma

    I've had my dharmas close to I've had my dharmas close to a year now, wearing them nearly every day I've worked. Love 'em, no complaints on the toe spring, though some of the stitching near the heel is starting to come loose...was hoping I'd go a bit longer before needing to make any repairs.
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    What are you currently reading?

    +1 on Neil Stephenson. +1 on Neil Stephenson. Diamond Age is one of my all-time favorites, though Cryptonomicon is usually recommended as the place to start (and I agree). Snow Crash is also classic, especially for presaging Second Life so well.
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    Merell Trail Glove Full Review with pics and all!

    Jason, as someone who ran a Jason, as someone who ran a lot of miles in huaraches last summer, what specifically about this Trail Glove do you find superier to a good pair of huaraches? I'm having that moment of "hey these sound really awesome, but I don't really have that many complaints...
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    What are you currently listening to?

    @Stomper: grabbed your mix @Stomper: grabbed your mix and totally dig the Sebastien Tellier track! Any other recommendations in that vein? @Angie, if you like that Regina Spektor track, try this one from Bright Eyes.
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    What's wrong with my huaraches?

    FWIW, I'm not that into FWIW, I'm not that into walking in my huaraches...I find them much more comfortable to run in than walk in, generally. Have you tried running in them? It can be a pretty different motion, depending on your walking gait.
  13. Art

    Merrell Tough Glove

     LPJ, you are such a tease! LPJ, you are such a tease!
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    How to train for a barefoot marathon in two weeks?

    I was all ready to chime in I was all ready to chime in with "no, don't do it," but then I saw it was Abide. Having never run a marathon, let alone a barefoot marathon, I think all the advice above make sense. Yay, groupthink!
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    What are you currently listening to?

    Today it's Pinback's Summer Today it's Pinback's Summer in Abaddon. Check out "Syracuse".
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    What are you currently reading?

    I just finished Carol Deppe's I just finished Carol Deppe's "The Resilient Gardener" -- great read for anyone interested in that grey area between gardening and homesteading. Also just read Jose Saramago's "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ", which was sacrilicious. Next up is James...
  17. Art

    PWI Nouveau

    Kinda quiet over here in Kinda quiet over here in nouveau land. I guess I'm as much to blame as anyone...
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    How many miles have you run this year so far? Reports please.

    I stopped logging mid-year, I stopped logging mid-year, but I was probably ~750 miles on the year, guessing 75-100 of them barefoot, the rest in VFFs and huaraches.
  19. Art

    Homebrew........anyone?

    My philosophy starting out My philosophy starting out was that if it wasn't ready to drink yet, I'd better make some more in the meantime. Just to be sure that there'll be enough to drink later. And if you're drinking some, maybe you should be making even more. You know, just in case. I'm...
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    Who loves the darkness??

    My question is: would we care My question is: would we care about any of this if we didn't have clocks? I guess length of day, yes, but "when" the sun sets would be just that: when the sun sets.
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