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  1. Diamond Dave

    Diamond Dave here; new to barefoot running

    Thanks, all. I ran a couple of miles barefoot on a local trail, grass and that track last night, and some in the vapor gloves. The track was once very springy from a rubber coating that was applied over the asphalt, but it's mostly worn off now. The trail was great except when I encountered...
  2. Diamond Dave

    Diamond Dave here; new to barefoot running

    Thanks, trevize1138, for the TMTF advice. I will heed it! I ran about three miles again last night, this time on a rubberized track surface in my Vapor Gloves, and my calves are definitely feeling it! I plan to back off the distance; the past two runs have been more "proof of concept" than...
  3. Diamond Dave

    Diamond Dave here; new to barefoot running

    Hi all. Happy to have found this forum. I've been running on and off since I was 16, pretty much injury free. Last summer, at age 44, I started to give some bad knee and hip pain, which the PT said was due to weak glutes. I got Brooks Beast motion control shoes and $200 orthotics. I did...