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  1. Codeblue

    Runner's "High" - Fact or Fiction?

    Last Place Jason wrote:I This is magnified so much in an ultra. Deep into a race, facing a long, uphill climb, I find myself in the worst sort of depression. I'll crest a false peak, thinking the whole time it's the top of the mountain, and I'll be on the verge of tears, wanting to crawl...
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    Pain under 2nd metatarsal head

    I would see a doctor or head I would see a doctor or head to one of those first-come, first-served minute clinics and get an xray, just to rule out a stress fracture if you're worried you may have one. Otherwise, can see two possibilities if isn't a neuroma. The first is as you say...
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    Podiatrist demolishes barefoot running 'movement'

    It frightens me that someone It frightens me that someone who went through medical school and is entrusted to care for patients can develop a warped perspective so detached from reality. This guy is blowing more smoke than a forest fire. Apparently, weak muscles caused by wearing shoes are a...
  4. Codeblue

    What non running lesson has BFR running taught you?

    Be skeptical and question Be skeptical and question things you accept as fact or common sense without much thought. Four years ago, if you asked me about running in motion control shoes, I would tell you, "well duh, for someone like me with over-pronation, of course I need them." Now, when a...
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    Word is spreading to the physical therapy community

    I was in physical therapy at I was in physical therapy at my university for a sore kneecap and IT band after a brutal trail race series (I took the downhills and switchbacks a bit too hard!) I, too, went in with my Vibrams on just so I could lay down the law from day one. The therapist gave me...