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  1. Funny lines for the back of my tee shirt

    What about: Step lightly, Run barefoot! Scott

  2. Map My Hike - Barefoot Option

    You probably just confused them! I've been using mappedometer.com to figure out distances, etc. of my runs and walks. I can use the "staight line" option plus switching to satellite view to draw in trails. I don't have a smart phone or gps, so this is as good as it gets for me. I just got a...

  3. Need your advice on my starting plan

    Should I do a book report here, or on another thread? I'm still new to this format, so I'm not sure the best way to proceed... Just as a teaser though, the author studied the Buteyko breathing method for asthma and it is also being used more and more for performance in sports. The main premise...

  4. Need your advice on my starting plan

    Another thing that has been helpful is Feldenkrais stuff. Just another way of working with how your body works. The Gravel, though is my ultimate test. I've had days where I have no trouble with gravel and then days where it just hurts with every step. Once, after holding a slouched pose for...

  5. Need your advice on my starting plan

    Just my own experience getting into this in my late 40s... Gravel is your friend for learning form. Any kind of minimalist thing between your feet and the ground hinders feedback and will help you keep bad habits, possibly promoting injury. I probably would not have listened to this when I first...

  6. Thanksgivng Hike

    I didn't get a hike in the day of, but got a little run in the day before and today (day after) a walk with my wife. It was frosty out and gorgeous! I kind of like getting reactions from non-barefooters, especially on frosty days or on hiking trails up in the Olympics. I realize I'm in a lot...

  7. Coudn't get that feeling with minimalist shoes

    I would say head for the rougher surfaces, especially early in your run. I used to be wary of even walking on a certain trail with sharp gravel and now I use it as a test to see where my form is at near the beginning of my runs. If I've been hunched over while working or anything else that...

  8. what are your top 3 reasons to run bf and walk bf?

    1. It is fun! (Like being a kid again) 2. I'm learning from it. (Better ways to move) 3. It fits my personality. (Simple, cheap, odd in a fun way, less is more...)

  9. Are these your footprints in the snow?

    Do you ever wonder what someone might think when they see your bare footprints on a trail? We were just up hiking in the Olympic Mountains and I left a bunch of barefoot prints... It's fun! All the best, Scott

  10. The Grass Illusion

    This is just my own opinion from my limited experience, but I think if you take away the "imperfections" in the running surface you will find people don't learn good running form. I have trouble with running form, but have worked a lot in the past few months on learning to run on gravel and it...

  11. Barefoot Running may be hard for those over 30.

    I started barefoot running at 46 about 2 and a half years ago after not running most of my life because it was too high impact. I was trying to find a form of exercise I would actually stick with. "Born to Run" made me want to try running again, but it didn't take, was still too high impact...

  12. What I hate about spring

    We don't have much in the way of "road treatments" so I don't know about that, but if you can practice on gravel it really helps. Otherwise I would worry about running on "barefoot friendly" surfaces and then hitting a little rock and hurting myself. If you are running on rough stuff and fit...

  13. whats your favorite surface to walk/run bf?

    When I first started going barefoot it was painful to walk out to our mailbox on a chip seal street. It was painful to walk next door to my shop on gravel. Everything around here has some amount of chip seal and/or gravel, so I figured I would have to build up my feet and get tough. Later I read...

  14. what do you feel when you run or walk bf in front of others?

    I just had an interesting experience in Home Depot. I was barefoot and my wife and I were shopping. No problem, until we had a big lumber cart with some metal roofing on it and were about to check out when my wife decided to go look for some solar lights. Rather than try to push that awkward...

  15. what do you feel when you run or walk bf in front of others?

    I love going barefoot! I've gradually pushed my own envelope to go barefoot in more and more places. I still wear shoes in a shop I volunteer at that requires them, but I put them on when I get there and take them off as I leave. I've gone barefoot in the bank, grocery stores, Church, all sorts...

  16. Mouth is for eating nose is for breathing

    I've been practicing nose breathing for over a year now and before I hurt my right leg and had to step back from running about a month and a half ago I tried getting to the point where I had to slow down or run out of breath nose breathing and then tried opening my mouth and it didn't seem to...

  17. whats your favorite surface to walk/run bf?

    My favorite right now is actually gravel, because I have trouble with being in the habit of pounding and gravel has been teaching me so well how to run lightly. My least favorite is smooth, hard surfaces, like concrete because I fall into my old pounding habits and tend to hurt myself. I also...

  18. Walking Gait Un-natural

    When I first started going barefoot, after most of my life being shod, walking felt awkward. Recently someone suggested I look into the Feldenkreis method. I got jack Heggie's book "Running with the Whole Body" and the first exercise nailed it for me. He has you notice what your right hip is...

  19. its normal to be so obsessed with going barefoot?

    I work at home so get to go barefoot a lot. I do wear boots in the duck pen though. My toes were already deformed by shoes somewhat but are starting to spread out more now. I found at Church and at friend's houses if I bring a pair of socks and put them on at the front door people are fine with...

  20. how did you became a barefooter?

    I was trying to find some sort of exercise I would actually do. A friend read about 100-ups and I read the article and found out the author wrote "Born to Run", so got that on CD from the library. McDougall makes running sound really fun and worthwhile, even though it always seemed like pounding...
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