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  1. Norm Deplume

    Helping 7th grader with first running shoes?

    Hi all, I've not posted much in a long time because I've not run much in a long time. But that'll be changing soon, now that spring promised to arrive again this year. But that's not why I'm here at the moment. I have offered to help my neighbor's daughter buy her first pair of running shoes...
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    The study on stability shoes being worse for overpronators?

    I seem to remember a study earlier this year that showed that some "overpronators" did worse and had more injuries in stability shoes than a control group using neutral shoes. But now I can't find it. Does anyone remember this, and can link it for me, or did I just dream that one up? Thanks...
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    Funny story!

    I got invited to a new group of moms in the area who are starting a monthly girls' night out. I knew most of the ladies from other things, but this is the first time we've all hung out together at a bar. So about one drink into the evening, my barefooting came up in conversation, and one of the...
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    I feel like a traitor-- I have to start shoe shopping again

    I've begun shopping for standard "minimalist" running shoes. I just need more protection under my feet from the cold-- I've been having troubles with the Raynaud's on the bottoms of my feet already, and it's only October. There's just no way that the VFFs or moccasins will cut it when it's...
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    CRUD 8- and 24-hour race, Peoria IL, May 2011

    Anybody want to come to Illinois and run for a long time with us May 20-21, 2011? There was just an 8-hour race this last May, and it was a ton of fun. Course is totally doable in minimalist shoes (it was incredibly muddy and sloppy and my VFFs failed only in traction) or barefoot for someone...
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    My newest shoe experiment

    Moccasins. I had a pair of these in college (soft soled and everything), but then forgot about them. After spending hours and hours shopping for shoes that I could wear around town running errands, etc., that didn't make my feet sad (and failing) I went back to these. I bought them at...
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    "Cheap" toe socks?

    I have one pair of Injinjis, and have decided that I can't use my VFFs without them. Without socks, the VFFs give me blisters in under 3 miles. BUT, Injinjis are so flingin flangin expensive! Are there any alternatives out there that don't cost quite so much?
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    Runners World called to ask about our race!

    Yesterday Mr :davie: Deplume and I directed our first ever race, one that we took over from a friend who has recently "retired" from RDing. We made plenty of mistakes, and it was the same weekend as Xterra and another larger 10k trail run an hour away, but it went over well. The people who ran...
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    It's the Anti-Tellman

    I just heard about this guy who ran across the USA this spring. No van, no spam, just him and a jogging stroller full of his stuff. It took him 136 days, and he actually made it. He managed to raise $89K to fund clean water through Living Water International. http://www.runningwater.cc/ As...
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    "Formal" VFFs?

    Thomas Jane wears Bikilas to a movie premiere.
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    You CAN heel strike in flats. Here's positive proof. ;)

    http://poorlydressed.com/2010/05/31/fashion-fail-patriotic/
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    I have a theory-- come shoot holes in it (or tell me I am a genius, whatever)

    :davie: and I were talking yesterday about why some people keep up their mileage in the transition to BFR by switching back and forth between shoes and soles. Other people cannot do this, it just doesn't work. I came upon an idea: If you were running with pretty good form in the first place...
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    My eeevil plan is working!

    Mr Deplume just tagged 1/8 of a mile barefoot onto the end of his run. He's been in Nike Frees for a while, but I never thought he'd make the jump, even part-time.
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    Just testing out some photo-posting stuff

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    Want to see my owl neighbors?

    For at least the last 4 years, there have been eastern screech owls living in the maple tree outside my bedroom window. A few years we've been able to catch pictures of their young, and I get giddy every time. Two years ago, we got the distinct "pleasure" of watching two fledglings and the mom...
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    Ever been a race director before?

    In my small town, there are exactly two races every year. One in April (a 4-mile road race) and one in August (a 5k trail run). For everything else, we have to drive to one of the larger cities around us, usually a 30-45 minute drive. So you can imagine our dismay when we saw that the trail...
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    Do you have a foam roller? Where'd you get it?

    I need a foam roller, I think. I've been making-do with a rolling pin and baseball for a while, but I need to break down and buy the real thing. Where is a good place to get them?
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    Help me decide:

    I'm struggling with a decision. I will be running this afternoon. It should be a gorgeous day out there. I'd like to do a longer run ("long" for me is about 3 miles. ugh), but my soles just aren't comfortable with more than about a mile barefoot at this point. So do I "cheat" and just wear the...
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    Another hospitalized ultrarunner--

    This guy fell ill and ended up in the ICU after the McNaughton Ultra last weekend. Is this a relatively rare thing, or is it a real risk when running 100-milers? http://www.sj-r.com/sports/x932337416/Jim-Ruppert-Run-100-Miles-for-Carl-this-weekend (McNaughton is only about 20 minutes...
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    Who else hasn't finished the taxes yet?

    This is the latest we've ever let them go. I have to work today, then tonight when Mr Deplume gets home we have to poiwer through and finish them. Anyone else a procrastinator this year?
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