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    Born to Run 2

    Well, born to run the return end of this year, probably just a training program... with no bare feet I suppose... but still with a lovely footprint on the front cover https://www.amazon.fr/Born-Run-Ultimate-Training-Guide/dp/1788165810
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    Traversée de la baie du Mt St Michel

    Traversée de la baie du Mt St Michel By Sly Salut tout le monde, hier Gwendal (de Rennes, du groupe facebook A la découverte de la foulée naturelle) a organisé la traversée de la baie en courant, on était une trentaine, de tous âges, avec un guide local. 17 km sur des sables variés et...
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    Courir Pieds Nus, le livre de Ken Bob Saxton

    Courir Pieds Nus, le livre de Ken Bob Saxton By Sly Salut, je suis un grand fan du livre de Ken Bob Saxton depuis bientôt 10 ans. J'ai proposé ma traduction aux éditions Souccar, et il sortira le 1er juillet en librairie. Comment et pourquoi courir pieds nus, expliqué dans les moindres...
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    Karim El Hayani embraced the cold and recently set a world record for the fastest barefoot half-mar

    https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/quebec-based-runner-posts-140-barefoot-half-marathon-to-set-world-record/
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    douae ouboukir - spain

    golden medal - Catalan cross country championship https://www.sport.es/labolsadelcorredor/douae-ouboukir-desafia-al-carbono-y-gana-descalza/
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    How modern life is changing our feet

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3csz4bd?fbclid=IwAR1fsCl6wyiiI5BMi3HMWWVneoy2Ebj5uPRzTSh2m9yQA0OJVTo1gDVUbwA Changing World, Changing Bodies, How modern life is changing our feet For nearly two million years we evolved in close sync with our environment but 250 years ago the industrial...
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    an athlet wins Girona Cross with bare feet

    in Spain and in spanish : https://www.soycorredor.es/atletismo/articulo/una-atleta-gana-descalza-el-cross-de-girona-ouboukir
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    Reagan, Illich, etc...

    so, we just learnt yesterday that Reagan said to Nixon in 1971: "those monkeys from those African countries – damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” yes, once more, shoes are all about civilization, modernity, etc... it reminds me this wonderful paper by Tim Ingold about...
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    vietnam

    I go to vietnam for christmas holydays, looks like an interesting country for barefoot running : https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/athletics/2017/08/26/barefoot-thi-hue-claims-silver-in-10000m/...
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    barefoot walk

    just like one year ago, I organized a barefoot walk along the cliffs, 2,5K, some granite, some arenite (challenging !), some sand (easy) was expecting some mud and puddles but this year drought is quite severe and still we are waiting for the rain 25 people, from babies to grammas, 12...
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    running with the wolves

    “An old witch from Ranchos told me that La Que Sabe knew everything about women, that La Que Sabe had created women from a wrinkle on the sole of her divine foot: This is why women are knowing creatures; they are made, in essence, of the skin of the sole, which feels everything. This idea that...
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    the autonomous body

    The Autonomous Body By Sly hi, I wrote an article for resilience.org about the autonomous body, the shoe, the chair, and the "tool" as explained by Ivan Illich. When we consider the criticisms made of the modern world since the 1970s, as well as the solutions proposed to resolve current and...
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    lisbon half

    Lisbon Half By Sly I ran lisbon half marathon with a tom sawyer costume, with a good barefoot friend, Antonio Pedro in 1h44, we were not prepared for a faster race a lot of positive reactions, the japanese anime was very famous here in the 80/90s (in ran the same race with a Tarzan costume...
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    barefoot / shod percentage ?

    Hi everybody so, its more than three years now that Im playing with my bare feet. I started from zero, dead feet, and wrong and violent gait. so, very soon and very fast I started to run better faster, and developed stronger and more flexible feet at the same time. what a joyful discovery ...
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    IBRD 2016 - Lisbon, Portugal

    sunny sunday in Lisbon, we were 18 people, 4 nationalities, 2 kids (4 and 6 years old) for 15 people, running without shoes was something completely new we spoke during 15 minutes, with bare feet on grass about shoes, about bare feet, sensations and feedback, good posture and form, main...
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    the wings - macklemore

    wise thoughts about Nike shoes : We want what we can't have, commodity makes us want it So expensive, damn, I just got to flaunt it Got to show 'em, so exclusive, this that new shit A hundred dollars for a pair of shoes I would never hoop in Look at me, look at me, I'm a cool kid I'm an...
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    do Brasil / from Brazil

    http://www.agenciadoatleta.com.br/modalidade/corrida/barefoot-running/ beautiful words by Luana, a brazilian woman and BRS member
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    Rucu Pichincha

    hi ! I just spent four weeks in Ecuador, small country with high mountains a lot of 3/4 days treks (Cajas, Camino del Inca, Laguna del Altar, Quilotoa Loop, Laguna Mojanda), mostly barefoot (it was always between 3700 and 4400m, there are no mosquitos / spiders / snakes, nothing dangerous)...
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    shoes of doom

    https://youtu.be/HuBCC7y4uck
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    yoga about barefeet

    Leslie Kaminoff is the author of the book "Yoga anatomy", with lot of anatomical drawings with four complete pages only for the feet here is what he says about feet and shoes : https://youtu.be/5_FZdv_LJl0