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    Any experience with these boots?

    Yeah it seems like all toe Yeah it seems like all toe boxes on military boots are very narrow. Fortunately they make all the boots in wide and even sometimes extra wides. @tom- I had the SV2's for a while as my rucking boots. I am short (5'4") and they came up very high on my shins/calves...
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    Hi everyone! I'm new here! :)

    Welcome! Welcome!
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    Air Force: Basic Military Training

    Army here- when we got to Army here- when we got to basic we were issued everything, even our running shoes. Anything brought with us got locked up in a closet until we finished. Like Phil said, the AF does tend to be smarter then us on most things.
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    Ron Paul Appreciation Thread *Warning: Intense Amounts of Common Sense* Politics

    so back to Ron so back to Ron Paul..... Ron Paul 2012
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    Feel for you military people

    It can be very difficult for It can be very difficult for soldiers trying to make the transition. When I first started I was running in traditional shoes for pt and running barefoot at night and then they allowed us to wear VFF to pt for a short while and I was already conditioned enough to be...
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    Huaraches and Flip Flop Soles- the epic quest for cheapness

    I tried the flip flop route I tried the flip flop route as my first pair of huaraches. I found some 99 cent flip flops and cut them in half and tied them up for an 8 mile road race. At first they were great. Then after about 4 miles the cheap material became so thin I might as well had been...
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    My Invisible Shoes and a Giveaway

    Just a quick write up about my new Invisible Shoes and I love them so much I am going to giveaway a pair also! Check it out on my blog
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    Hello from Tennessee

    You should ditch any footwear You should ditch any footwear and learn to run barefoot, barefoot. Once you learned to run barefoot (start on something hard like cement or asphalt, not grass) then you can switch to a minimalist shoe if you choose to. If you are commited to running in a minimalist...
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    STEM Footwear is giving away TWO pairs of their new Origins shoes! Expires September 28 at midnight

    count me in count me in
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    Barefoot and Minimalist Running Video

    The best way to begin The best way to begin barefoot running is to run barefoot! Ditch your shoes!
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    Barefoot and Minimalist Running Video

    Here is a short video I shot of me running in various types of minimalist footwear and barefoot on rocks and cement shot in HD and slowed down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw1Unz7QWbM My minimalist preference in order of most ground feel 1- VFF (they are very well broken in having...
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    Any experience with these boots?

    Looking down the road I am going to need some garrison boots. I am looking at these and was wondering if anyone had experience with them. I want to thin down the soles and take out some heel but still have a "defined heel" so I dont have any problems.
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    Minimalist shoes with PT uniform ILO VFFs?

    For now I am using Merrell For now I am using Merrell Trail Gloves because all I can run on is gravel and rocks. When I get back to garrison I am thinking about picking up some Dash Lites for the roads. As far as the iniji socks, I ordered some but they still have not shown up here. I was...
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    New 'round these parts

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    New member in Southwest Dallas, TX

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    CONTEST ENDED!!! Branca Running is giving away a pair of their Leather Branca Running Sandals to TW

    Done and done. Count me in Done and done. Count me in
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    Questions from a new barefoot runner :)

    1- I do not stretch. I do not 1- I do not stretch. I do not believe in it. There are plenty of studies that show that stretching a "cold" muscle (as in before a run) does more harm than good. I do believe in warming up. I walk for a given amount of time, slow pace, then gradually increase to my...
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    New member, new barefoot runner!

    Welcome! Welcome!
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    Michigan Newbie

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    Are you a "proactive" barefoot runner?

    We have all had our share of people stopping us or initiating a conversation with us while we are running barefoot. Has anyone thrown a curve ball and before they could say anything to you say something like "have you seen my shoes" and "no, I didnt forget my shoes" or "I dont know how you can...
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