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    Ran the Hong Kong half-marathon barefoot... and achieved a personal best!

    Ran the Hong Kong half-marathon barefoot... and achieved a personal best! By Visions Of Asia Hello guys. Sorry for not having been much around, but I have basically been locked up in 60 km² for two years because of the very stringent Covid quarantine rules in Hong Kong (21 days in a hotel if...
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    Barefoot trail running during the pandemic

    Barefoot trail running during the pandemic By Visions of Asia Long time no see... Sorry guys, 2020 has been a disastrous year in terms of physical fitness for me. Whereas, during 2019, I had grown my barefoot fitness to be able to run a semi-marathon, the constraints in terms of public health...
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    Two years barefoot running... And my first half-marathon!

    So, last November marked two years since I first started barefoot running... And it was also the occasion of completing my first half-marathon. I did complete in the ridiculous time of 2h45, but part of that misperformance was also due to the course being extremely hilly and demanding. Anyway, I...
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    A Spartan Race, the Spartan way!

    I mentioned that in a previous post, on the mud run... But eventually, I managed to do a full Spartan sprint race barefoot. I had some apprehensions as the organizers did not recommend running barefoot, but ultimately, they couldn't care less. However, the terrain was not really...
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    And finally did the Lion's rock hike barefoot!

    The Lion's rock is a very strong symbol for all hongkongese, as it expresses their strong will and their desire to resist pressure (and God knows they are facing a lot of pressure from China these days!). It was somehow strange, but I never tackled this pretty easy hike until now. Probably...
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    A barefoot mud run

    So finally, after hiking, running 10k's, etc, I also started mud runs. Last Sunday, I took to what might be deemed a "soft" version of a Spartan run, with very easy obstacles, not too much mud and a short trail run of 6 kms. Overall, no big difference with running/hiking barefoot, but much...
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    Hiking barefoot above the sea of clouds: my climb on Lantau Peak

    Lantau peak is the second highest mountain of Hong Kong, culminating at 934 m (ok, peanuts for any normal mountaineer, but Hongkongers take what they find...). My first hike there was shod and at night, and not quite a good experience as we got drenched by showers in the early morning. This...
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    Barefooting above the abyss: back to suicide cliff

    Roughly one year ago, I decided to start my barefoot hiking life with a strong target: suicide cliff in Hong Kong. Based on Kowloon peak, this climb is one of the most demanding physically, because of the steep incline and the rock scramble it demands. One year later, I returned to suicide...
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    Hiking the tallest mountain in Hong Kong just before a typhoon

    In terms of barefoot hiking, not much of a feat, as the whole path is paved from the bottom to the top. However, in the continuation of my exploration of Hong Kong and other places barefoot, this allowed me to take some spectacular photo just before a monstrous typhoon slammed into Hong Kong...
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    More group runs... Where barefooting awakens interest!

    So, 4th barefoot run with the phone company's events. This time, while taking the forest shortcut from my home to the sports ground, I encountered (or rather heard) two wild boars. A bit concerned as they grunted upon seeing me, but as I continued on my path, they left me alone. Unfortunately...
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    Barefoot hike on Suicide Cliff in Hong Kong

    Those who follow the r/BarefootHiking probably read already about this, but "suicide cliff" is a rocky springboard hanging on one of the highest mountains of Hong Kong. The place became famous after featuring in the "National Geographic". I climbed the mountain several times shod, before one day...
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    First barefoot "race"

    Yes, "race", because after all, it was just a 3kms paced race, mainly geared to promote a given smartwatch of a famous US phone maker. I paced myself yesterday while training at 16.58 min over the distance, this evening, we just took plain half an hour with stops every kilometer or so! Despite...
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