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    Outdoor Magazine Article - toe socks and toe spreaders

    This article while not all about walking barefoot, it does support many of the arguments made against shoes and about the problems they cause. https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/hiking-gear/toe-socks-thru-hiking-footwear-trend/
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    Leading by Example - A barefoot hike

    Leading by Example - A barefoot hike By Hikerdana On a hike in the not so distant past I showed for my son's boys group hike barefoot. This hike was to be two nights and they were hoping to do at least 25 miles, so the boys could earn a 25 mile hiking patch. As I was fairly well known as a...
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    Barefoot Running: worth going the extra mile?

    This article appeared on my news feed. For some reason I get articles regarding barefoot activities. Go figure. It is published by a Dure, a magazine that started in 2018, but the article doesn't have a date. The article mentions among many things: That the biggest community of Barefoot...
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    A Cold Weather Hike

    A Cold Weather Hike By Hikerdana My youngest child belongs to a boys group called Royal Rangers. As part of the advancement system they are required to attend various activities with the outpost. For this month I would be required to accompany him on a 5 mile hike up Mt. Hedgehog in the...
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    2018 Winter Challenge - Mile Report

    Looks like we're behind in awarding the snowflakes. I'll see about getting that done in the next month. For all those living north of the equator now is your time to enter the winter barefoot challenge. 9th Annual Winter Challenge Everyone is welcome to participate, whether you run or walk...
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    Shape of your feet - as good as palm reading

    Here is an interesting article about what your feet say about you. Always a sucker about these sort of articles I read the article try to determine what they say about me. Low and behold they are correct or are they? When you carefully read everything you notice how they word everything...
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    Barefoot Park Brunssum

    Check out this barefoot park http://barefootpark.eu/en/ It is really a park in the Netherlands that is designed to be walked with bare feet. For clothing they say "Sports or comfortable wear is recommended, so that you can easily roll up your trousers above the knee." and show a picture of...
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    Gravel Road Hike

    I've discovered an old fire lane / access road / recreational trail behind the church where I drop off the boys one day during the week. I was told it was a three mile loop, but after one quick hike I estimated it would be a little bit longer, since they were not considering the distance to...
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    Forgot My Shoes

    Last week I went on vacation and was busy packing and running around (barefoot of course). We then hopped into my vehicle and headed down the road I realized I had forgotten to pack some backup footwear. (I knew this day would come.) At least one of the places we were going required shoes...
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    In honor of USA Flag Day

    Today (June 14) is Flag Day in the U.S.A. The largest flag ever made was made here in Manchester NH and was displayed in our fair city in 1914. The mill has since been converted to luxury apartments and the owners of the property "Brady Sullivan" decided pay homage to that event and place a...
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    Where is this picture taken

    Can anyone tell me the location that this picture was taken? I'm trying to figure it out.
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    Planting the Garden

    It was time to plant my garden. I had just received the soil test results back from the local university and headed out to buy the minerals I needed to turn my sand into a lush green garden. I say sand, cause the test results show I have 86% sand and trace amounts of organic matter. Amazing...
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    Winter Challenge for 2017 open for Southern Hemisphere

    For all those living south of the equator now is your time to enter the winter barefoot challenge. 8th Annual Winter Challenge Everyone is welcome to participate, whether you run or walk at least 1/3 of a mile in one outing. Challenge yourself and run/walk in the cold or even the snow...
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    Ben Jones to Make Barefoot Stroll on Football Field

    This is an interesting article about Ben Jones walking on the football field before every game barefoot. http://www.espn.com/blog/houston-texans/post/_/id/14645/why-texans-center-ben-jones-walks-around-barefoot-before-every-game
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    New Snowflakes for Winter Challenge

    Come earn one of these 9 snowflakes. It is easy, at least for some of them. Other's you have to really get the miles in, but if you go out 1 or 100 miles you'll at least earn the basic 2016 Snowflake. The person with the most miles on each continent will get a winner snowflake, the person...
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    Need help with past Winter Challenge

    We are trying to locate the records from the past winter challenges but we have not managed to find them all yet. If you have been in the past winter challenges, please help us out by filling in your information on the following spreadsheet. This is on the honor system...
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    Questions for Winter Challenge

    We need to pass out the Winter Challenge logo. 1. Can someone tell me how it was done in the past? 2. How about a winner for each country and a Grand Champion for the most total miles. It would start for the year just finished and forward. I don't have access to all the old spreadsheets or...
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    Barefoot Benefit 5k

    Here is a barefoot run, barefoot is not required, but their web page shows a lot of barefoot runners along with some shod runners. http://www.thebarefootbenefit.org/
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    Barefoot Allliance website shutting down

    I'm not sure if I had been aware of this website but it seems to have reached the end. I'm not sure if it is something we could absorb or not. But it is sad when a fellow organization dies. http://www.barefootalliance.org/blog/barefoot-alliance-news-important.html
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    7th Annual Winter Challenge

    7th Annual Winter Challenge Sorry we are late in getting this up and running. Reports and snowflakes for last year are coming. Everyone is welcome to participate, whether you run 1 mile or 500 miles. Challenge yourself and run in the snow and cold. The challenge runs from Oct 1 2016 to...
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