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  1. jlynn2

    Running Documentary

    The CBC just aired an interesting documentary on running as part of the Nature of Things with David Suzuki series. The episode is called 'The Perfect Runner'. I am pretty sure most of us will find it rather interesting, especially the parts filmed in Dr. Daniel Lieberman's lab at Harvard. Here...
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    10 Months on...

    It is just about 10 months since I have embarked on this minimalist / BF journey. After reading the obligatory Born to run 'bible' plus a number of 'How TO' guides my partner and I began the transition process from shod to minimalist / BF running during May of 2011. For me the process was a...
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    So I'm buying a treadmill

    Good luck with the treadmill. I hope it works out for you other than being an expensive clothes and dust catcher. I recently swore off treadmills after a misadventure on one at my gym. Here is the link to my blog posting on the event...
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    Comment by 'jlynn2' in 'Winter running & recovery'

    Dreadmills.... I love it. I have taken to giving the treadmill that was the site of my most recent misadventure dirty looks when I go past it on the way to the eliptical...;). So far I have found my Invisable Shoe huaraches pretty good in slippery conditions. There was quite a bit of icy patches...
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    Winter running & recovery

    I am very happy to be back in the swing of things after my recent treadmill misadventure. The big toe is thankfully healing quite well, despite loosing the nail recently. It may not look pretty but at least it is functional. To that end I have been running again the last few weeks mostly indoors...
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    Comment by 'jlynn2' in 'A Cautionary Tale'

    Thankfully they did not put a cast on my foot, just a gauze wrap with a tounge depressor as a splint. I did however loose enough blood that it soaked the gauze wrapping, which when dried was a rock hard as a cast. It took about 2 hours to remove and re-dress the toe just prior to the first...
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    Comment by 'jlynn2' in 'A Cautionary Tale'

    For all the times I have run on a treadmill I always found that the experience messed up my stride. It is clear, to me at least, that the machine forces me into an alternate stride which is not conducive to the attainment of my running goals. I also find that the repetitive nature of treadmill...
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    Comment by 'jlynn2' in 'A Cautionary Tale'

    Your fall sounds like the time I broke my collar bone running. I was zoned out thinking about my day and whatnot when my toe hit a frost heaved curb. Before I could become unzoned and react I was well on my way to the ground. I had just enough time to lift my head to protect my dental work...
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    Comment by 'jlynn2' in 'A Cautionary Tale'

    Neil: Thanks. The toe is healing up nicely and I am back running, albiet a tad slower. Like you I have never liked treadmills. I never seemed to be able to get my stride right on the damn things. For me the issue is moot as I have resolved to stay as far as I can from a treadmill as humanly...
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    Comment by 'jlynn2' in 'A Cautionary Tale'

    Nothing was said directly to me by the gym staff though I got a LOT of looks prior to the accident when wearing my huaraches there. They have since posted signs ALL over the gym REQUESTING the use of closed toe shoes when using any equipment. Other than the REQUEST part I think this is the type...
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    A Cautionary Tale

    I am like many at this time of year attempting to get back on the wagon of sensible nutrution and a regular workout schedule. What is unusual for me is having to join the hordes of folks who take on new years resolutions to get fit, eat better, ect., ect., ect. Many years ago I resolved to make...
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    Comment by 'jlynn2' in 'Cold Weather Huarache Running'

    A: Thanks... will do...:) Jenn
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    Comment by 'jlynn2' in 'Cold Weather Huarache Running'

    I suspect you are a 'tad' more committed than me. I gave up running in the rain, slush, etc. ages ago. I don't feel that this is due to diminished intensity on my part but rather that I feel the need to make the most of my workout time and as such choose the option that will grant me this. So on...
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    Comment by 'jlynn2' in 'Cold Weather Huarache Running'

    I'll let you know how the ongoing athletic sock experiment goes. I am also looking about for other sock options especially since there is a hint on the Invisible Shoe website about some cold weather product that may be in the works. IN the meantime it will be athletic socks or nude feet until...
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    Cold Weather Huarache Running

    Well it is official... with the arrival of Standard time we are again in the 'winter' running season...fun, fun..NOT...;) I have still been running outdoors in my Invisible Shoe Huaraches without socks with a variety of results. To date the coldest temp I have run in is around 5C. If there is...
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    A personal Take on the 'Bare Foot' Running Shoe

    My wife and partner in BF running Emma has recently been working on her personal take on the bare foot running shoe / sneaker. As winter is approaching up here in the GWN (Great White North) AKA Canada we find it is prudent to have at least one pair of foot wear to use as the weather dictates...
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    First 3 months......

    With the pasage of Labour day and the winding down of summer that it entails I have been looking back at my first 3 months of BF/Minimalist running. I have to say, while there is a lot yet to come, that I'm pretty happy about how well this has gone... so far. I have managed to get back to...
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    Comment by 'jlynn2' in 'Huarache Comparo...'

    Mike: I live in the Great White North AKA Kan-EH-Duh aka Canada. It gets rather frikken cold here during the winter. In the past I have taken to wearing heavier socks with the Asics running shoes I used to wear. The sock comment relates to the suspicion I will need some sort of thermal...
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    Huarache Comparo...

    Over the last few weeks Em and I have been busy running in our old and new Huaraches. She completed a 10K race in her new 6M Contact Invisible shoe Huaraches and we both did our first 10K 'trail' run using the same footwear. In short I am as psyched about these new Huaraches as I was about the...
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    Comment by 'jlynn2' in '1 st Race'

    Stomper: You are quite right, it is not easy to read the 'looks' we sometimes get. However as an OUT Queer woman in a same sex marriage I have had a long experience with such looks. In my experience, even up here in too polite Can-EH-Duh most often the looks to which I was making reference...