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  1. ashley

    running downhill!

    I'm back! I had a hard time logging back into the site. Anyway, I have been logging in some good miles on the trails at the state park up the road from me. I have to wear my vff 's because the park is fairly new and the trails are covered in gravel. I just cant figure out a safe downhill...
  2. ashley

    Increase by 10 %

    It was suggested to me that I increase my mileage by only 10% a week as I come back from a stress fracture and re-acustom my body to barefoot running. This might seem like a silly question but I'm not sure if it is supposed to be 10% of my mileage or 10% of my time. I really want to make sure...
  3. ashley

    blog?

    I recently started a running blog, I was hoping to link it here to the blog section but apparently I'm a little more computer illiterate than I thought. Does anybody know how to do this?
  4. ashley

    stress fracture dag nabbit

    Well, I had an injury a few months back and decided to lay of running for about a month. First jog back i was in a lot of pain that just wasn't going away so i went to a podiatrist. It was a stress fracture. its been another 2 months and the doc cleared me to run but says only in shoes with some...
  5. ashley

    uped the milage, and the pain. tofp just under last two toes.

    I recently increased my 6 mile run to an 8 mile run. I felt great untill I started to feel pain just underneath my last two toes on the top of my foot. I felt fine when I woke up this morning, untill I put pressure on my foot. It doesnt hurt to touch on the top or the bottom but when I put...
  6. ashley

    Should children run barefoot?

    My 8 year old daughter has joined the running club at school. She also goes on short jogs with me from time to time. She has beautiful form, and I hate for her to lose that natural gait due to tennis shoes. Is it safe for a young child to run in minimalist shoes (or barefoot in very safe...
  7. ashley

    New member in Louisiana

    Hello everyone! I have been running in minimalist shoes for about a year now. I have Rhuematoid Arthritis and thought I was going to have to give up running. Then someone turned me on to the idea of barefoot. After doing my research I decided to give it a shot and it changed everything. I can...