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  1. Joy Unshod

    Invisible Shoes March Giveaway - Expires Thursday, March 8, at midnight

    I bought my first 4mm and if I won a new pair I would like to see how the 6mm compare on the gravel!
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    Who Me?!?

    With the shutdown of the BRS and with the events of life I haven’t blogged or done much reading here, but I’ve been running. Barefoot. I’ve accumulated another handful of stories (including the 1 cm thorn that was embedded in my husband’s foot for over a week) but those stories might never be...
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    racing in STEMs

    Thanks for posting on the Thanks for posting on the Stems. My husband received his today and is wondering how the soles and/or uppers would stand up to running on rougher surfaces--compacted pea gravel or gravel roads. Any experience there? Thanks.
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    Sole conditioning at 18 months (photo comparison)

    I liked the pictures so much I liked the pictures so much I took pictures of my feet, my husband's and my son's. I've been barefoot a little over a month, my husband a few weeks, and my son even less. I wish I had the idea to photgraph my feet sooner because I have already noticed a...
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    Embedded rocks

    Funny.  It might almost be a Funny. It might almost be a relief to find the bits of rock to remove? Sometimes when I run on the gravel I "feel" the rocks embed into my feet, but when I check, they're clean! I can't get rid of the sensation that there is something embedded there! And the...
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    Shoe Shopping!

    The day my mocs got wet was an unpleasant day. Yuck. The feet got wet, cold, and pruny. I took off the mocs as I was finishing my errands. Last stop that day: my son works at the local DQ and I stopped by to pick up an ice cream cake I ordered for a different son's birthday. “Mom you CAN'T...
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    IE Blocking...PLEASE READ

    Yes.  My popup blocker does Yes. My popup blocker does not work like your example. I get a little "!" in a cartoon "pow!" shaped box that tells me the link will take me to an external website and it asks if it's okay. I tell it "yes" and it goes nowhere. To make the links on bf runners dot...
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    Joy!

    February, a fresh month. Amazing progress. Two months ago I was not able to bear my own weight on my own bare feet! BRS was one of the resources I found that helped me transition from shod-with-support to unshod. I did not join at first because I found it hard to believe I'd ever be able to run...
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    Sh*t Barefoot Runners Say! ;-)

    That was soooo funny!  Thank That was soooo funny! Thank you for sharing!
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    Comment by 'Joy Unshod' in 'My decision to shod off'

    Nice. Thanks for sharing. I carry my flip flops in my hand or put them in the cart like you showed and no one has asked me wear them. Yesterday was the first day I actually went anywhere without the shoes visible. No problems! My husband is quite supportive but surprisingly some of my children...
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    Comment by 'Joy Unshod' in 'The Yo-Yo of Discouragement vs. Encouragement'

    Yes, thanks for the input and encouragement. I sent back the minimus. There was way too much structure and binding! I'm hesitant to try hurachesbecause the open toe seems worse than no toe or closed toe for the loose gravel.I might though.All my reading brings be back to eitherhuraches or vffs...
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    The Yo-Yo of Discouragement vs. Encouragement

    My feet hurt. That's why I'm going barefoot. Do my feet stop hurting when I am barefoot? Nope. But they are gradually (very gradually) hurting less and they are no longer getting worse. The roads around my home are gravel. The gravel hurts. The closest asphalt is just over a mile away. The roads...
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    WHY DO I DO IT?!?!?!

    Ddubb925 wrote:The And Ddubb also said he goes in to preach now and then. And for that I just say thanks. Because I was one of those, genuinely desperate for pain relief in my feet. And the more I looked I'd pick up clues and hints to going barefoot to strengthen my feet. And those clues...
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    Comment by 'Joy Unshod' in 'Keep off the Grass!'

    Right. I haven't gone barefoot since I was a child so starting out my feet were weak and sensitive. So far the grass has given me acorns, stickers, hidden holes . . . It's dangerous!
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    Keep off the Grass!

    The cold I was fighting last week sapped my strength all weekend! Finally feeling some energy,I decided to run the Lake Harrison 5k route. Three of my boys agreed to run with me, two of them barefoot. It was cool today, around 40 degrees F. This was my first barefoot run away from home...
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    What are your kids wearing on their feet?Are they runners?

    My children are having a My children are having a mixed reaction to my barefoot running. They have been "forced" to wear shoes to protect their feet in the winters and when working. Some of them are thankful for the liberation at last. Others are a little concerned about how far I might take...
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    I've hit a good new milestone!

    Wait!  Go back to the Wait! Go back to the original post before all the corny cracks about the alcohol and flaming pine cones! I remember the first time I felt an acorn actually crunch under my foot! The triumph! They still hurt, but I will never ever forget that first one that crunched and...
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    No Whining!

    Almost did not run today. Woke very tired and very stuffy this morning. Took a two hour nap. Then I debated over expending the energy on a run vs. fighting this cold. The run won. I really, really wanted to run on the road after yesterday's rain to see how the gravel felt in comparison to a dry...
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    Pride Goes Before a Fall!

    First Blog Entry. It will be interesting to see wherethe blogginggoes. I have been tempted to start blogging so many times! Almost everyoneblogs. I remember before leaving Southern California all the blogging material I was accumulating! Finally, I decidedthis is worth blogging. Blogging through...
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    Newby and Glad to Be Here!

    There is so much info here and I'm thankful for it all! Started barefooting in December 2011 in a desperate attempt to strengthen my chronically sore feet. Slow going for sure, but yesterday I ran 4 miles, half of it on gravel! Ouch! Okay, so the last mile was more unrunning than running . ...
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