don't stop Adam. better yet rant on your blog but still post here. hell, i go with Dr. Phil's philosophies that everyone needs a good slap in the face sometimes to get back to reality. (I don't know much about Dr. Phil, but I do think everyone improves with an occasional ass beating. Verbal or physical.)
Americans have gotten very soft....(Agreed!). it doesn't work that way. everything takes time. just because your baby starts walking are you going to tell him to move out now and get a job? no. you're going to nurture them and put him through school and do your best to prepare them to live on their own. (What's wrong with leasing the kids to gypsies until they're 20? It was good enough for me when I was a kid.) it's the same with going bf. just because you took off your shoes and have been walking and running your whole life doesn't mean you can run a marathon next week. (Exactly...it takes at least 3 weeks to go from the couch to marathon distances.)
advice has to be given on case by case basis. everyone needs to be approaches differently. if we can't rant to each other here safely, then where can we?
The new wave of barefoot runners really need to toughen up a bit. Let me start by saying that you need to be dedicated and put in the miles to become a successful barefoot runner, period. Barefoot/Minimal running shoes is the major down fall of hindering people achieving their goal to be a barefoot runner. I understand it's spring, and this when all the wannabe fan fare barefoot runners come out of the wood work, and resurrect out of their barefoot running shoes and want to run barefoot, then crash and burn, bitch and moan, etc, etc...
This is just like the typical American, we want things fast, we want it now, and we don't want to wait. You need to stop complaining about every single boo boo, blister, or how your soles are tender a week into barefoot running. This does not happen overnight, but more like years. So you have a choice, continue to flip flop between footwear and running barefoot, and get nowhere. Or lose the shoes and improve. It's quite simple.
... and maybe out international brothers can fill us in if it's happening in their part of the world as well.
I was feeling pretty cocky up until quite recently, running 10 miles BF without too much thought. Now I've got some sort of sub acute owie in my achilles that's my first ever even approach to an injury.
Yeah, injuries can be pretty humbling. I maintained decent to great fitness into my mid-forties, and then got out of shape and picked up a few minor, but stubborn injuries getting back into it. I'm just getting rid of those injuries now. It feels great! In my case it was sloppiness/lack of attention, but I have a lot more sympathy now for people working through this kind of stuff. You feel bulletproof until it happens to you.OOOooo! This is so much fun! I love a good rant! It's all too true, but don't let that slow anyone else down. Nobody gets to take the soap box home with them except TJ.
I'm new wave, for sure, having never even thought of running until I read BTR. I was feeling pretty cocky up until quite recently, running 10 miles BF without too much thought. Now I've got some sort of sub acute owie in my achilles that's my first ever even approach to an injury. I hope it just goes away with massage and time. Meanwhile, I'm a lot more humble about my status as a semi-experienced BFR. Everybody's welcome here, IMO....even jolly ranters.
Why do we have a "Product Reviews" forum full of shoes?
pretty wordy.
why didnt you just leave it at...
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Do I need to move this to the Pub? Anyone?