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  1. barefootjake

    Member Profile of the Week - Olle "Blind Boy" Albinsson - A Little Moderation is in Order

    Member Profile of the Week Olle "Blind Boy" Albinsson A Little Moderation is in Order Olle Albinsson, known as Blind Boy on our forum, joins us...
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    Comment by 'barefootjake' in 'Barefoot Running and What Your Daughter Really Thinks'

    The running tights most likely :-)
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    Comment by 'barefootjake' in 'Barefoot Running and What Your Daughter Really Thinks'

    Fresca - Glad you liked it. Smelph - Nice job getting your daughter out BF with you. May she stay sweet and innocent forever. Abide - Our mistake is allowing ourselves to become adults. Hope your children never grow up. SaraLord - I don't even want to THINKabout my daughter at 16. Can't...
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    Barefoot Running and What Your Daughter Really Thinks

    We barefoot runners are delusional. We let ourselves believe that: 1) barefoot running is perfectly safe, 2) it's the only viable option for the gazillion joggers injured every year, and 3) our family members will always support us. These beliefs are as wrong as your mother-in-law in...
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    Barefoot Runners Ain't Skiers

    There's a name you call people who ride to the top of a snowy mountain, strap a couple of slick boards on the bottom of their feet, and launch themselves down a steep slope. Back in the Kansas flatlands, we called them idiots. Interestingly, we Kansans would have called anyone who ran...
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    Comment by 'barefootjake' in 'Shoes Stink'

    Mike- feel free to use that line. Just forward 50 cents in royalties each time you do. Paypal is fine.
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    Shoes Stink

    Dr. Daniel Howell is one barefoot runner who actually has the academic credentials to back up what he says. Most of the rest of us just blather away, claiming to offer good advice. Let me be honest: I understand barefoot running like I understand female arousal. Both topics fascinate me, but...
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    Article: Product Review: From a Feet Perspective By Barefoot Jake

    Too kind, Bob. But are you sure you want to expose your readers to the blathering vomit of a guy whose body parts actually talk to each other?
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    Product Review: From a Feet Perspective By Barefoot Jake

    Too kind, Bob. But are you sure you want to expose your readers to the blathering vomit of a guy whose body parts actually talk to each other?
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    Comment by 'barefootjake' in 'Two Things Barefoot Runners Should Never Do'

    I'm really looking forward to dropping my daughter off at a party in a few years and yelling out the window as she joins her friends to walk inside, "Sweetie, did you remember your training bra?" I got dozens like that. It's all in the planning.
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    Barefoot Running Personality #2: Involved Irene

    In the first post on The Eight Personalities of Barefoot Runners, I introduced Exhuberant Eddie, an entertaining guy who's tried everything, including an attempt to trigger cold fusion in a soda can. Not the sharpest tool in the shed, but fun to watch. Let's move on to our next barefoot...
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    Comment by 'barefootjake' in 'The Eight Personalities of Barefoot Runners'

    Hey Stomper, I'm 40 and I pay grandma rent every other month. And it's an attic.
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    The Eight Personalities of Barefoot Runners

    Go ahead. Start a conversation with a barefoot runner about barefoot running. I dare you. Then stand back and listen. No, don't try to get away. We're here to HELP. Where are you going? You need to be SAVED. TRUST us. Actually, we're not all like that, although I did almost get thrown out...
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    Comment by 'barefootjake' in 'Planes, Trains, Barefoot Running & Paleo'

    Phil - Agree. Humor is a fickle bitch, especially when languages and cultures are crossed. You should hear the one about the time I took my German wife to a comedy club in Kansas City. She didn't laugh once, and I was peeing my pants.
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    Comment by 'barefootjake' in 'Two Things Barefoot Runners Should Never Do'

    Mike - Embarrassing our kids is part of our job description. It's payback for all the diapers we changed.
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    Two Things Barefoot Runners Should Never Do

    I now know there are two things we barefoot runners should never do: 1) Start a blog. 2) Involve your kids and then write about it. The first one is pretty self-explanatory. Barefoot running is challenging enough. You try not to get injured, build up your mileage at a reasonable pace, and...
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    Comment by 'barefootjake' in 'Planes, Trains, Barefoot Running & Paleo'

    Miker - I LOVEDthose guys. Too bad Candy didn't survive to do more great movies.
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    Planes, Trains, Barefoot Running & Paleo

    Travelling ain't glamorous. If you've ever seen Steve Martin and John Candy in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles", you know this to be true My favorite scene: During a blizzard, the two are forced to share a room and a single bed at a hotel in Wichita, Kansas. In the morning they wake up...
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    Article: Barefoot Run: Ratingen, Germany and the Joy of a Barefoot Child - Parts I & II - By Barefo

    Gotta agree with you, Danjo. Running and randomly jumping is fun, but I only do it when I run alone in the forest. The question is, when I jump in the forest and no one sees it, did it really happen? And I look forward to a time when it is natural to see kids AND adults out running and jumping...
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    Barefoot Run: Ratingen, Germany and the Joy of a Barefoot Child - Parts I & II - By Barefoot Jake

    Gotta agree with you, Danjo. Running and randomly jumping is fun, but I only do it when I run alone in the forest. The question is, when I jump in the forest and no one sees it, did it really happen? And I look forward to a time when it is natural to see kids AND adults out running and jumping...