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  1. ThomDavid

    San Diego IBRD 5K Run

    Man, I hope I'm not stepping on anybody's toes by posting this report. I figured since someone else (graciously) took the initiative to pull this together, I could return the favor and write up a brief snapshot of the San Diego IBRD celebration. Feel free to add to my report, fellow attendees...
  2. ThomDavid

    Cramps

    Maybe this question isn't necessarily related to barefoot running, but, I believe, barefoot running may hold a solution, so here goes: I sweat. A lot. And, in longer races, I tend to cramp, debilitatingly so, almost always in the calves. This has happened to me for many years. It did so again...
  3. ThomDavid

    My next race accoutrements

    To endorse and promote the upcoming International Barefoot Running Day -- my first--, and after an exhaustive search of Target, I've selected the items below as (part of) my race ensemble for next week's La Jolla Half-Marathon. The shirt was easy to find (can you say Zazzle?), the matching blue...
  4. ThomDavid

    Any Grounding Experience?

    I'm posting this in the forum that a) seems most appropriate, and b) likely to get the fewest number of views. But I'm trying to play by the rules, so I'll take my chances. Here's the thing: in a seemingly endless search to assist my better half with her insomnia problem, we came across the...
  5. ThomDavid

    Outside Magazine Article About Barefoot Running

    Most of you probably already have seen this, but just in case: the April '13 issue of Outside Magazine has an article by Andrew Tilin entitled "You Don't Know How To Run." The article isn't available online yet, so you'll have to either wait a month, go to the library, or fork over a few...
  6. ThomDavid

    Then there's this...

    Notice that the sideline faces look strangely similar to those you'll see around barefoot runners. This is apparently a niche but growing trend in some parts of Europe, which, if it catches on in the U.S., will make us barefoot folks seem positively sane and rational.
  7. ThomDavid

    1st BF Half-Marathon...DONE!

    Just wanted to post this photo of myself and fellow BRS member Rick Whitelaw just before the start of the 2013 Carlsbad Half-Marathon (Rick is rocking that BRS t-shirt; always fashion-forward, I selected a shirt to match the color of my toenails). I'll write up a full race report and post it on...
  8. ThomDavid

    Outside Article re Footstrike Research

    Interesting. Shows to go ya how much we individual barefoot runners could be contributing to a new wave of understanding. http://www.outsideonline.com/blog/fitness/challenging-the-conventional-wisdom-on-barefoot-running-form.html
  9. ThomDavid

    Will I be excommunicated for this?

    Time to fess up. I'm training for a half-marathon at the end of the month, the first I will attempt barefoot. So, I've been slowly upping the distance of my long runs, along with cross-training. Reached 12 miles, but paid a price in both debilitating blood blisters under the ball of my left...
  10. ThomDavid

    The Running Drunk

    I know that this isn't strictly about barefoot running, but on the occasion of my twenty-sixth anniversary of sobriety today, I thought I'd share this terrific article I ran across. Even if you don't share my particular, uh, proclivity toward uncontrollably excessive imbibing, it's well-worth...
  11. ThomDavid

    Happy New Year to All!

    Here's my wish to everyone here at the BRS: may your 2013 be a year of renewed enthusiasm for life, of happy improvement in your running, and of gratitude for your health and well-being. Plus may you all make so much money that you can roll around naked in it. Plus that you spare yourself the...
  12. ThomDavid

    On the Laces of a Dilemma

    I know you'll think I'm just being flippant with this question, but I'm truly asking for input on this: Four months into barefoot running has firmly convinced me that I won't be running in shoes again, at least in the traditional running shoe I'd become accustomed to (the jury is still out on...
  13. ThomDavid

    My First Barefoot 5K is a PR

    Oceanside Turkey Trot 5K. My first barefoot race, and a new PR for me at 25:56. Negative mile splits of 8:45/8:22/7:46, ending at 7:42. My finish time is a full 2+ minutes faster than my last shod 5K, a full 5 years ago. I just turned 56 last week, so it's gotta be the barefoot! What's even more...
  14. ThomDavid

    Lost My Virginity Today

    They tell me it's a rite of passage, and that it happens to everyone. I just never thought I'd be nearly 56 before it happened to me. I lost my virginity today. I wasn't expecting it, and I certainly wasn't looking for it. I didn't even realize it happened at first, until I looked down and...
  15. ThomDavid

    Warm vs Cold Weather Running Question

    I've searched the forums and read where you hardy souls run in temps well-below freezing, and to you I tip my hat. I live in coastal Southern California, where we typically won't see temperatures get that cold, so when I speak of "cold weather running," understand that I mean "SoCal cold," not...
  16. ThomDavid

    Recommended BF Running Sites?

    Anybody care to share links to some favorite barefoot running sites (besides this one, of course)? I've enjoyed Ken Bob's and Jason's sites, and several others from links that folks have posted in their replies to various questions. But I'm probably missing out on some good ones, so if you've...
  17. ThomDavid

    Is this a bridge too far?

    Barefoot running has me considering doing something that, even as recently as a month ago, I would never even have considered: painting my toenails. Now, maybe in the bf world this isn't such a gestalt-shattering act, but at my age and with my somewhat conventional lifestyle, it's at least...
  18. ThomDavid

    Is this OK to post here?

    As I've written before, I am a newbie to barefoot running, and new to the BRS. So, I don't know if this post is appropriate for this forum, or any forum here, and if it isn't, I'm hoping TJ will just nuke it. Exactly a year ago, I began what I can only describe as a transformation, the form of...
  19. ThomDavid

    Photo Caption Contest

    Well, a contest assumes a prize, and we don't have one of those. Let's just say you'll be rewarded with (I hope) a good laugh or two. Here's the photo, courtesy of Rick W. Note the looks on the faces of the spectators to the right. Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to write a...
  20. ThomDavid

    Stupid Newbie Question #3

    Once again, I am willing to make myself look like a complete dolt in my pursuit of learning this barefoot thing. Please bear with me, and provide an answer (or, even just an opinion), if doing so won't make you look as stupid as I feel asking this question: I've been methodically reading...