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  1. Dirty Toes Joe

    CC running form comparison photo

    CC running form comparison photo By Dirty Toes Joe My son's coach snapped this picture at a cross country meet yesterday. My son (in the sunglasses) and his teammate next to him are freshmen and are the fastest on the team this year. They're usually within 30 seconds of each other, and who's...
  2. Dirty Toes Joe

    Stinky feet!

    So boy #1, 15, has incredibly stinky feet. He's been running cross country, and the only shoes he's worn are xeroshoes sandals or running shoes. He goes barefoot pretty much all the time except for practice and meets. His feet STINK. Like rotten German potato salad. Vinegar-smelling...
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    Shoes for HS Cross Country?

    My boys (14 and 12) are running CC. They're both pretty good. My oldest is a freshman this year. Last year he practiced with the HS team and was already faster than all but a couple of the seniors. He's been running in Merrel Trail Gloves, but his shoes from last year are getting too small. Any...
  4. Dirty Toes Joe

    What other "conventional wisdom" do you throw out the window?

    Back when I first started going barefoot back in 2009 I noticed that in addition to shoes we (the BF community as a whole) seemed to buck a lot of other "conventional wisdom." There were a lot of good conversations around a lot of different issues. *Shoes are bad *Stretching before runs isn't...
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    Minimalist shoes for middle school cross country?

    Hey all! Its been a while since I posted here, but I've been lurking on occasion. I tried to search this but didn't have much luck - at least not any recent results. My oldest son is 11 and will be running cross country this fall. Any suggestions on minimalist shoes for him? He's barefoot...
  6. Dirty Toes Joe

    So I just signed up for a Tough Mudder.......

    How's that for incentive to step back into the running world? The event (doesn't seem right to call it a "race") is June 29th at MIS in Michigan. That gives me just over 5 months to train. Good thing my wife and I started Insanity just after Christmas. Has anyone here done one of these? Any...
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    I've been gone, but I'm back now

    Wow! When I quit hanging around here, Jason and his wife were teachers and were talking about moving to California, TJ was about to have Cryo surgery for MN, and we were about to organize a search party for Blind Boy. Now Jason is on the adventure of a lifetime, TJ just had four alien life...
  8. Dirty Toes Joe

    Anterior Pelvic Tilt

    So.......I've got this thing........also called a "forward tilting pelvis." Since I have great medical insurance and easy access to a ton of great physicians, I did the typical American thing and have used the internet to diagnose myself with this. It's not hard to diagnose, though. It's...
  9. Dirty Toes Joe

    Opinions wanted from the Ladies of the forum

    I finally got my wife out the door in Vibrams. She did a mile and loved it! I can't get her to go barefoot....yet. {Everything is going according to plan....whuhhahahahhahaha} She's a month out from her third C-section, so now was excellent time to start running in the VFFs, since she...