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  1. bfr_dave

    Member Profile of the Week - Mike “Miker” Rives - Will Run For Cheetos

    Member Profile of the WeekMike “Miker” RivesWill Run For CheetosMike “Miker” Rives, 49, is a country-road runner, having lived the...
  2. bfr_dave

    Barefoot Des Moines Marathon By Barefoot Angie Bee

    Barefoot Des Moines Marathon By Barefoot Angie Bee The 2010 Des Moines Marathon was my first barefoot marathon, the first...
  3. bfr_dave

    Wild Life Half Marathon By John "StJohnTheGambler" Yohe

    Wild Life Half-MarathonBy John "StJohnTheGambler" YoheI probably shouldn't be here. I'm going to be running the Detroit Marathon next week, but I'd probably be...
  4. bfr_dave

    Article: Member Profile of the Week - Mike “Miker” Rives - Will Run For Cheetos

    "The property will soon boast its own private barefoot running trails through the woods, built by Mike himself, so that he can run on “clean” trails". That's awesome.
  5. bfr_dave

    Member Profile of the Week - Mike “Miker” Rives - Will Run For Cheetos

    Member Profile of the WeekMike “Miker” RivesWill Run For CheetosMike “Miker” Rives, 49, is a country-road runner, having lived the past four years in Skiatook, Oklahoma, (somewhere NW of Tulsa) where he lives with his wife Kyle (pronounced Kylie) and their two sons on 40...
  6. bfr_dave

    Article: Catching Up By AlanT

    AlanT and thanks for telling your story. Glad you are doing well.
  7. bfr_dave

    Foot Mileage w/e Nov. 14

    barefoot.zumba.runner My feet have spent alot of time on my surfboard the past few days so haven't been walking/running this week yet. And more surf on tap this weekend. It's all good!!! :-)
  8. bfr_dave

    Questions...

    I started this bfr experiment I started this bfr experiment about two months ago and guess I'm a tenderfoot, because my feet are getting raw just from running on the streets/asphalt. So, for now, I'm just walking bf on the beach for an hour a couple times a week(on asphalt only to and from the...
  9. bfr_dave

    Need a certificate - I've joined the stress fracture club

    AAAHHhhhhh, the dark side of AAAHHhhhhh, the dark side of 40....I feel your pain bro!! :wink: And I'm way past that! The thing about injury is, you can almost always find some other way to exercise to keep from going completely crazy while you are not able to do what you most want to do. You...
  10. bfr_dave

    My IT band is winning (and I'm determined not to let it)

    Yes. DL is great overall core Yes. DL is great overall core exercise. Might cure what's ailing you. Hope it does! If you're not familiar with it, go to youtube and watch some video, form is very important to avoid injury.
  11. bfr_dave

    Barefoot Des Moines Marathon By Barefoot Angie Bee

    Barefoot Des Moines Marathon By Barefoot Angie Bee The 2010 Des Moines Marathon was my first barefoot marathon, the first of many barefoot marathons to come. I have hit many speed bumps along the way this year and have had to change my perspective and expectations I have placed on myself.I had...
  12. bfr_dave

    Article: Barefoot Des Moines Marathon By Barefoot Angie Bee

    Congrats to you Angie Bee!!!!! Great write up and pics!!! Thanks for sharing!!
  13. bfr_dave

    Wild Life Half Marathon By John "StJohnTheGambler" Yohe

    Wild Life Half-MarathonBy John "StJohnTheGambler" YoheI probably shouldn't be here. I'm going to be running the Detroit Marathon next week, but I'd probably be taking a two hour run today, Sunday, anyways, and this half marathon (and marathon too) is right in my back yard, on very familiar...
  14. bfr_dave

    Article: Wild Life Half Marathon By John "StJohnTheGambler" Yohe

    Man, that trail looks soooo nice and barefoot friendly!!! I would run bare foot, every day if had a trail like that near by!
  15. bfr_dave

    Report w/e Oct 31

    Another one hour bare foot Another one hour bare foot walk on the beach today, really hot, high today, 88 degrees F. My feet felt more tender than ever just from walking bare foot on the hot asphalt to the beach and back, from my place which is only about a half mile away. Other than that...
  16. bfr_dave

    Who else is getting these winds?

    Wow, 60mph, that's damn near Wow, 60mph, that's damn near hurricane strength down here in Floriduh... :wink:
  17. bfr_dave

    The uselessness of stability balls...

    "...better to do exercises "...better to do exercises sans stability ball...."ok, guess we can agree to disagree. Or can we? :wink: I find that hard to believe. But, that's ok, that's what makes the world an interesting place, much like the perspective most peeps have towards bare foot runners...
  18. bfr_dave

    The uselessness of stability balls...

    I don't understand, based on I don't understand, based on one study? your decision to never use a stability ball again. No, it probably has hardly any or no benefit to a runner (but, absolutely, think that's open for debate). But, as you, and I, point out, in other, more balance-intensive...
  19. bfr_dave

    Fightin' Words?

    LPJason said "Marathon LPJason said "Marathon walkers earn my respect more than couch potatos." Right on Jason.
  20. bfr_dave

    The uselessness of stability balls...

    Not good for core Not good for core work...............I'm surprised to hear that...... I would think they would, as jscwab pointed out, and, from what I have always heard, and from my own experience, make most, if not all exercises you perform with one, more difficult which makes your effort...