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  1. Julia Chi

    Planning the route to run Barefoot Across Spain

    At the moment i am staying in the Alpujarra mountains training to run Barefoot Across Spain in March next year - as well as enjoying taking more Spanish lessons every day! I met up with Jack on Thursday evening to talk about his process in planning the route for me to run from Suances to...
  2. Julia Chi

    Skinners 'Sock Shoes' Aim To Become Essential Gym Footwear

    Hello :) It is all going well, I posted my training of last week as a blog post, as it is the best since i started my barefoot running journey :) I am now in the mountains in Spain, and there are always stories here ! :) The mountains are very 'ouchie' underfoot, but I ran on the mountain road...
  3. Julia Chi

    Comment by 'Julia Chi' in 'My best barefoot training week since I shed my shoes...'

    hello :) Thank you for writing :) My cousin who lives in Spain wrote to me this week and said 'La nina esta loca '!!! :) But he already knew that !
  4. Julia Chi

    Skinners 'Sock Shoes' Aim To Become Essential Gym Footwear

    I love them :) I raced 5k in them yesterday on a course that would have been 'ouchie' and too hot pavement y underfoot without them - they also helped me recover in the week on a very uneven road - as my feet were feeling it a bit, as I am running many barefoot miles in my training to run...
  5. Julia Chi

    My best barefoot training week since I shed my shoes...

    A week of training in the life of a barefoot runner training to run across Spain…! Sunday October 1st I woke as dawn streaked across Lanzarote island; my plan was to run 24 kilometres and meet Anadi for breakfast on Famara beach… I had checked the tide tables and saw that I would have time for...
  6. Julia Chi

    Barefoot across Spain! Update on my preparations...

    I am a lifetime runner... I started running in my bare feet at six years old and now at fifty eight years old I have taken my shoes off again and I am living and running barefoot...I worked in the lives of others for forty years teaching them how to live fully through embracing the journey we...
  7. Julia Chi

    Barefoot for a year...

    I was walking along Famara beach in Lanzarote with my husband Anadi… I love that beach. It is sandy and expansive, with a backdrop of volcanic cliffs, magical in their colour and stature. The beach is 5k long when the tide is low, and very popular with surfers and kite surfers… I was watching...
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    Comment by 'Julia Chi' in 'Let's start at the very beginning...!'

    Ha ha :) yes, a certain 'group' of us remember 'green flash'!!! :)
  9. Julia Chi

    The Zen of barefoot running

    We do all travel our own world as our own pace, this is so true, and having fun is the most important thing! It was what my Mum always said to me when I was getting too worried about doing well - when I was a teenager... "Darling have fun...' !
  10. Julia Chi

    The Zen of barefoot running

    Hi there :) That run was 31 years ago now :) And as Ken Bob says, we all travel at our own pace; and as long as we stay in the step we are in, the next takes care of itself... As a younger runner I took awhile to learn this! But, I was always aware that my running speed was just 'in' me; sure I...
  11. Julia Chi

    Let's start at the very beginning...!

    It is wonderful to have discovered Barefoot Runners Society! It is a big thank you to Trevor, a member here who has seen my YouTube channel and so contacted me to let me know about you :) I have been made very welcome straight away... Following my blog post yesterday where I write about the...
  12. Julia Chi

    The Zen of barefoot running

    Thank you so much :) It's great to be here... !
  13. Julia Chi

    Barefoot across Spain!

    I have just come of a Skype call meeting with Maggie… She and her husband Jack are plotting my route across Spain… It was fun to connect and share progress over ‘El Plan…’ It is just one week since I announced that I am now officially in training to be capable of running barefoot across Spain...
  14. Julia Chi

    The Zen of barefoot running

    Thank you so much TJ for your very warm welcome and for introducing me; it is a pleasure to be here ! :)
  15. Julia Chi

    Julia Chi

    I have worked for forty years as a mentor, coach, teacher and healer. I am now sharing myself and my insights as I blog, SolesJourney.com, and vlog, SolesJourneyTV.com, about my adventures on my barefoot nomadic journey. I have been running all of my life. From the early days as a young...