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  1. Now here's a funny twist: Kipchoge's shoes spark backlash

    I'm of the opinion that athletes should compete in the nude, ancient-Greece-style: if athletics is about comparing purely human performances, let human athletes be pure humans. Conversely, if technology and biological improvements (aka doping) are involved, then let it all rip: cyclists could...

  2. Howdy from Belgium

    Thanks. But no worries: it's just a vague memory of something that happened in another lifetime. I'm in perfect health, it's just that I have zero margin of error when it comes to my knee: if I screw up, the pain comes right back. As long as I don't, it don't :) In that kind of weather, I stay...

  3. Your best minimalist shoes that you'd recommend for a marathon

    I don't run, so I apologize in advance if my recommendation doesn't come from someone in the know... Having said that, I use a pair of Paleo Barefoot Anterra chainmail shoes to go hiking on very rough or dangerous terrain, and to walk in and on stuff I can't see or feel for whatever reason...

  4. Howdy from Belgium

    Thanks. Actually I really can't run because one of my knees was almost completely replaced, and whatever's left of it that is still natural holds together with a bunch of screws and plates - all thanks to the big C. I'm lucky to have kept my leg, and even luckier that it works as well as it...

  5. Howdy from Belgium

    Then do it :) When I lived in Canada, I was never given as much aggravation as in the US. Although it tends to get cold in Toronto, so I didn't go out barefoot for very long in the winter, obviously. Well, cycling is the one activity that requires me to wear shoes. I ride recumbents, so I kind...

  6. Kysymys suomalaisille

    I went for a 10 mile walk in the forest today, followed by more shopping downtown in the biggest (and only, to my knowledge) mall in town to buy a pair of trousers - including trying different sizes on and all - and pick up some Finnish vape flavor concentrates at the vape shop on the way. Then...

  7. Kysymys suomalaisille

    I flew to and landed in Oulu yesterday, checked myself into the hotel, and this morning went to my first day of job interview at my prospective future employer, all of it barefoot. Then I went do some shopping downtown - not that I needed anything other than booze to bring back home at Alko, but...

  8. Kysymys suomalaisille

    Did the police find you suspicious? Like you were running away from something? I was never bothered by anyone either really. But there's a difference between people being polite, and people truly not caring about someone going about unshod like here in Belgium. From what you're telling me...

  9. Kysymys suomalaisille

    Thanks. Glad to hear Finns are open-minded. I mean, I already knew they were, just wasn't too sure about their attitude towards barefooters specifically. As for Finnish winters, I know what they're like. I used to go to Oulu 6 or 7 times a years, and I did that for a number of years. Down to...

  10. Howdy from Belgium

    That's correct - although I left almost 18 years ago now. Actually no, there really isn't any running anywhere :) I literally can't run, since I had surgery on my knee at age 11. If I try, not only does it feel weird because I clean forgot how to do it, but I'm almost guaranteed to wake up...

  11. Howdy from Belgium

    Thank you. Will do.

  12. Kysymys suomalaisille

    Thanks :)

  13. Kysymys suomalaisille

    I have a question for you Finns out there: I may have an opportunity to relocate to Oulu in a couple months. How's full-time barefooting perceived over there? I've been there many times on business trips, but never stayed long enough to experience more than the odd looks. Mostly people didn't...

  14. Howdy from Belgium

    Hello everybody, Name's Peter. I'm new around here. I'm a long term expat currently living in Belgium, as well as a long term barefooter. I go year round without shoes, and the only pair I own is my cycling shoes, because I need them to clip on the pedals. I can't run though, and only...
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