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    Posterior Tibial Tendonitis?

    I have pain along the bone on the inside of my leg, from about two inches above the bony knob on the ankle to the bony knob. The pain is toward the back of leg, but definitely on the side rather than the back and definitely along the bone. It is sore to the touch. Is this likely Posterior...
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    Need to pick a Marathon goal

    Hey All, Haven't posted for a while, partially because I feel guilty for having yet to run barefoot this year. It's been 100% VFF&'s (Bikilas and Sprints). Here's the deal: I signed up for my first Marathon on October 2, 2011, the Twin Cities Marathon. (A relatively large one. About 8200...
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    Why learn good barefoot form? (serious)

    So this is a serious question: A lot of talk on this board about using proper barefoot form (lift up feet, bend knees, don't push off...). I'm not sure I understand why. I can see learning proper form to hit a baseball or swing a golf club since neither is an inherently natural activity. But...
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    Securian Winter Run Half Marathon, January 29 2011, St. Paul MN

    I hadn't really run since a Thanksgiving day 10K, and had never run a 1/2 marathon before, but for some reason (mostly that it was forecast to be 30 degrees F) I got it into my head to run the Securian Half Marathon in St. Paul last Saturday. Very fast conditions and/or crowd. Median pace was...
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    Should I race when it's this cold? Drumstick Dash. Mpls. 11/25

    I was planning on racing the Drumstick Dash in Minneapolis on Thanksgiving in my Bikilas. I've only ever raced two 10K's, and my best was this year at 47:04 and I really screwed up that race. (I took off ridiculously too fast). Since then I've gotten a lot faster and I've been getting pretty...
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    Are Bikila VFF's a step in the wrong direction?

    I've been running in my Sprint VFF's all summer and running faster than I've ever run (just did a 10K practice run at a 7:35 pace), running more miles per week than I've ever run, running injury free (used to have deep hip pain from running causing me to give it up for two years) and having more...
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    Blisters and bad form

    I've read all I could on blisters and form on these forums, but still have a question: Are blisters always a sign of bad form, or are they possibly just a rite of passage? I have been running all summer in VFF's with very little full barefoot. Then last Saturday, I was running with my wife...
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    Maple Grove (MN) Triathlon

    Did the first Annual Maple Grove (MN) Triathlon today. I did the Sprint distance. .3 mile swim, 14 mile bike, 3 mile run. Did the run in my lime green Sprint VFF's. Overall time, 1h:27m:39s. Run portion was 22m:45s or 7:35 minutes/mile pace. Passed a ton of people on the run since I...
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    1st report (and first week of barefoot/minimalist running)

    Tuesday: 1 mile in VFF's. (after biking 16 miles. Am training for triathlon). First time. Could hardly walk for three days from sore calves. Saturday: 1/2 mile barefoot on paved roads and bike trail (after biking 25 miles). Fun. Blister on second smallest toe. Tore it off. Ouch...
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