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    Oral Cancer 5K Rangely, CO

    Oral Cancer 5K Rangley, Colorado By Stjohnthegambler The weather last night here in Rangely, Colorado was cold and rainy, and snowy at just five hundred five higher elevation, so I halfway expected to wake up to snow on the ground. But no, this morning is sunny, dry pavement, if still cool...
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    Movies featuring barefoot runners?

    Or maybe just famous barefoot characters? Of course there is the famous scene in Chariots of Fire where the whole running team is running barefoot on the beach. The first Die Hard movie has the main character barefoot the whole movie. One of the Predator movies, Predators, with Adrien Brody...
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    Fiction featuring barefoot runners?

    Was wondering if I've missed any good fiction that features barefoot runners. I can think of two novels: 1. I swear it's called Marathon, but I can't find it on a cursory search of the internet. It was and old novel when I read it back in the 70s as a kid. Follows three men as they train for a...
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    Septemberfest 5K: Fast, Flat and Free

    Septemberfest 5K: Fast, Flat and Free By stjohnthegambler Septemberfest 5K: Flat, fast and free, a race report I’m amazed to have yet another 5K race here in little ole Rangely, Colorado, two weeks after the last one, and this is indeed as advertised: free. All one has to do is show up here...
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    Becky's Walk/Run 5K, Rangely, Colorado (race report)

    Becky’s Walk 5K Saturday August 21st, 2021 Rangely, CO United States By stjohnthegambler This race, like most things here in Rangely, Colorado, is not that well organized, at least in the ‘sign up’ and ‘get the word out’ stage. But, I’m here, on a cool overcast Saturday morning, which in...
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    Genesis Sandal by Xero Shoes

    Genesis Sandal by Xero Shoes (review by stjohnthegambler) I can’t believe I took so long to order the Genesis sandal/huarache from Xero Shoes. It is the perfect sport sandal/huarache for running, hiking and especially walking. I’ve been a fan of most Xero Shoes products, and was there when...
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    Xero Shoes Z-Trail Sandal

    Z-Trail sandal by Xero Shoes Lowdown: surprisingly disappointing After owning my Xero Shoes Z-Trail sandals for less than a month, I had both of them blow out on a recent backpacking trip in Grand Gulch, the left foot on Day Two, the right on Day Four. The same thing happened to both: a small...
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    Mogollon Monster 100M

    Mogollon Monster 100M By John "stjohnthegambler" Yohe Call me The Mysterious Stranger. After getting laid off my seasonal summer job for the Forest Service, I’m heading north, beginning my long road trip. I pass through Payson, and on up into the small village of Pink just north of there...
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    ON FOOT: Grand Canyon Backpacking Stories

    Hey folks: Thought you might like to know about this new book from Vishnu Temple Press, featuring essays on backpacking in the Grand Canyon, including two essays by BRS members—moi, and Thea. And Thea's is about hiking barefoot! Order here from Vishnu Temple press. Free shipping through...
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    The Oatmeal on running first marathons

    I love the Oatmeal. Not sure if this has been shared, but check out this latest, on Dos and Don'ts for running your first marathon. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/marathon_do
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    A Barefoot Summer in AZ

    Hey all- I am soon to have the pleasure of being barefoot almost all summer. I've accepted a job as a fire lookout on the Tonto NF, where I'll be up in a tower six days a week. I plan to be barefoot the whole time, and just put on huaraches, maybe, when I zip down into Globe for groceries and...
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    Grand Canyon 2014!!

    Hey folks: I don't normally like to just post a link to my blog—I'd prefer to just post this adventure here, but it's so long, and has a bunch of pics, and I can't ever get pics to even work for me here, and there's no way I'd ask TJ to insert them. But, if interested, I just spent 6 days in...
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    Does anyone remember this short story?

    Hey all, I remember reading this short story in a school book, back in 5th grade, and I was wondering if anyone remembers it, and could tell me the title and/or author. I'd like to track it down and re-read it. It involves barefoot running. There's a track meet/race going on, and a young...
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    Top 10 Reasons To Continue Running Barefoot

    Top 10 Reasons To Continue Running Barefoot By John "stjohnthegambler" Yohe Photo of Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, MD, BRS Ask the Doc 1. Everyone already now thinks you’re crazy, you have nothing to lose. 2. Someone has to show all those people wearing “barefoot shoes” what barefoot running...
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    Here we go again....

    Well, that was quick: I've now been asked to leave yet another cafe for taking off my shoes and sitting at a table barefoot. I swear, it just takes one employee who thinks he knows everything, to ruin things. So, I wrote another letter to the owner (below). But man, I mean, I maybe Portland just...
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    Stumptown Smackdown

    So I was gobsmacked two days ago when a barista in Stumptown coffee on Third Ave. here in Portland went out of her way to tell me that putting my bare feet up on one of their couches was both a “health code violation” and that I also shouldn't do it “just as a courtesy to other customers.”...
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    Run Like Hell (unless there's a train) Half-Marathon

    Run Like Hell (unless there's a train) Half-Marathon By John Yohe, a.k.a., St. John the Gambler Chilly foggy morning here in Portland. Weather forecast is for a sunny day, which the race organizers were eager to share, but I don't think things will clear up until later, so I'm glad I opted...
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    Barefoot Beach soccer

    Janson pointed this phenomenon out on the OR FB page. I didn't even know it was a thing, but the World Cup just happened, FIFA sponsored: http://www.beachsoccer.com/fifaworldcup No word yet on if there's a women's league, and if they wear bikinis like the women's beach volleyball.
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    The Oatmeal

    Came across this at The Oatmeal, about running: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/running
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    Hood 2 Coast 2013 - BRS's H2C Team

    Hood2Coast 2013 BRS's H2C Team By John "stjohnthegambler" Yohe I remember thinking after last year's Hood2Coast that I wasn't even sure I wanted to do another one. And yet, then as the idea of a Barefoot Runners Society team grew, I grew more excited. Et voilà, here we are, thanks for some...