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    Cinderella Trail Run 10K - A Newbie’s First Trail Race By Barefoot Terry

    Cinderella Trail Run 10KA Newbie’s First Trail RaceBy Barefoot TerryAugust14, 2010 - It was a cool, misty, wet morning in the hills above Oakland...
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    My First Barefoot Ultramarathon: The Skyline 50K - Part II By Barefoot Terry

    Nice Terry! Glad to see you have really come a long way in the last year since the Cinderella run. I've be on the sidelines for an entire year with an entrapped nerve in my leg and then a dislocated peroneal tendon, but it's been a few months since the surgery and I'm itching to start running...
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    Article: My First Barefoot Ultramarathon: The Skyline 50K - Part II By Barefoot Terry

    Nice Terry! Glad to see you have really come a long way in the last year since the Cinderella run. I've be on the sidelines for an entire year with an entrapped nerve in my leg and then a dislocated peroneal tendon, but it's been a few months since the surgery and I'm itching to start running...
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    Article: The First 100-Miles By Barefoot Terry

    Congrats Terry! Hopfully I can do the next one with you:)
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    The First 100-Miles By Barefoot Terry

    Congrats Terry! Hopfully I can do the next one with you:)
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    Article: Cinderella Trail Run 10K - A Newbie’s First Trail Race By Barefoot Terry

    I enjoyed the run as well. The rocks felt a bit harsh on my feet, and in some places made the hair on the back of my neck raise up with an ouch! I got a few sharp zingers that I thought did some real damage, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that my feet were tender but a-ok after the run...
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    Cinderella Trail Run 10K - A Newbie’s First Trail Race By Barefoot Terry

    Cinderella Trail Run 10KA Newbie’s First Trail RaceBy Barefoot TerryAugust14, 2010 - It was a cool, misty, wet morning in the hills above Oakland, California. Costal Trail Runs was putting on a 10K, half marathon, marathon,and 50K ultra. The drive to Joaquin Miller Park had been without...
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    Marathon Training Weeks 9 thru 12: Mixing Shod and Barefoot Running

    Two months into my marathon training I ran two half marathons in a week wearing minimalist shoes and my feet had had enough. I realized that training for my first marathon and trying to adapt to minimalist running was way too ambitious for a beginner. Since then I have continued my marathon...
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    Conquered by the minimalist shoe…. beginners don’t overdo it!

    If you read my long marathon blog post you'll see that I got half way through my marathon training solely in minimalist shoes and decided to mix in my regular running shoes because I was overexerting my feet. For a beginner to minimalist/barefoot running, a ramp-up to a marathon in four...
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    Shooting for a marathon in minimalist shoes, the barefoot emerges, and I learn what over-training is

    I began training for the SF Marathon solely in minimalist shoes (Terra Plana EVO) at the end of March '10. After several months trying out the minimalist shoes I'm still amazed that I hadn't tried actual barefoot running yet, but I get there eventually. I consulted with a friend who had...
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    Terra Plana EVO, a non-toed alternative to the Vibram Five Fingers.

    I tried the vibram five fingers KSO for a few months and decided I just didn't like them. The toe feature was annoying, ugly, and it gave me blisters. After shopping around on the web I discovered the Terra Plana website through blogs recommending their Aqua shoes for everyday walking around...
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    Building up my mileage in vibrams and my decision to ditch them.

    The day after my first run in vibram fives I was walking around like a 70 year old granny. My calves were stiff and sore! Most barefoot blogs suggest starting with 1/4 mile or so but I figured with the extra protection on my feet I could go further. After a few days everything felt fine so i...
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    Vibram Five Fingers got me thinking…. why padded shoes?

    So, I got a pair of KSOs for my birthday and did my first run in November 09. It took me a bit to figure out how to get my feet in them as its' hard to wrestle your toes into each slot. And if you are like me and have a large big toe and tiny little toes, the shoes don't fit great; my little...
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    What’s all this Barefoot yaya about?

    So I'm probably like many of you who heard about barefoot running from the book “Born to Run” by Christopher McDougall. The vibram five minimalist shoes looked weird but cool and the whole idea of barefoot running just seemed to make sense, on paper at least. So I went out and...
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