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  1. This is VIVOBAREFOOT

    To be fair the trail freak is ridiculously comfy running on trails but not in the urban environment on tarmac, concrete, etc. Have to agree about the Ra as well I've worn mine for a year now and have only minimal wear on the sole and they feel better every time I wear them.
  2. Uphill Techniques

    Thanks one and all I'll take the tips on board and head for the hills! :-)
  3. People's reactions when you run

    I was walking home from work the other day and as usual I took my shoes off around the corner from the office (there's a particularly prickly patch of tarmac outside work). Anyway I babble... as I was taking my shoes on the path outside of a little park a couple of middle age ladies were sat on...
  4. Uphill Techniques

    I live on an island which is basically all hills so I guess I'll have to suck it up and run up them! I have a year to train for the next event so I'll just have to dedicate one of my runs each week to hill training. I'll see if I can find a nice steep hill without the loose slate trails that are...
  5. Uphill Techniques

    So did my first 10k obstacle course in which the first 5k was an uphill fell “run” before hitting any of the major obstacles. Using rise / run to calculate the gradient of the first hill (about the first 1km) it was about 34% or a 1 in 2.8ish. So my question is there any possible technique...
  6. Hello from the Isle of Man!

    I originally got into barefoot running because back in January I'd drunkenly signed up to do a 10k obstacle on 2nd August. Although I do a lot of bodyweight strength training I hadn't done any running since high school so I decided I'd better get some endurance training on board. I already had a...