Hi there !
I'm very excited to arrive on this forum. Here I'm sure I'm gonna find inspiration, tips and feel less alone.
Lets' start with a short story of my life :
I'm Sylvain, 29 years old.
I was born barefoot (I know cause I saw the pictures), in Paris, France. So, very early I learned to use this fantastic tool called shoe. At 20 years old I was in loooooove with my Adidas Gazelle, I understood they were helping me a lot to keep self-confidence while dating girls.
In 2009, because of a job opportunity I arrived in a small village of Portugal, far away from everything. Cause there is nothing to do here, I started to run half-marathons. In 2011, whitout knowing why nor how, I tried to run barefoot during 4 months, and gave up suddenly because my feet were hurting a lot (I was doing it wrong) and because girls were thinking I was stupid. I lost a lot of self-confidence. So I ran with shoes again, but it was too late, local girls already knew I was dumb.
In march 2013, I ran another half-marathon (1h42) with a friend of mine, the guy was wearing Luna Sandals. He gave me this book called Born to Run, right after reading it I bought the Ken Bob Saxton one, and understood why I was doing it so wrong 2 years ago.
In october, I ran my first barefoot half-marathon, faster than ever (1h29), oh man I felt so happy. I felt for the first time I was respecting my body, I was doing things with it, for it, a mind and a body re-united. I'm doing a lot of yoga for 2 years now, and I feel there is a connection.
Well, to be honest, I didnt like the last 2 kilometers of the race and had to stay focused on the white line, my feet werent ready for it. I had one blister on the longest toe.
I used to post on a french running forum, but I feel no connection with the community anymore. People spend more time speaking about shoes, personal records and painful marathons, than form, diet, philosophy.
That's why I come here today, I want to run the perfect barefoot half-marathon, and I want to meet people able to tell me "yes you can run a whole BF marathon without any pain", cause I'm still far away from such a result.
Thank you !!!
I'm very excited to arrive on this forum. Here I'm sure I'm gonna find inspiration, tips and feel less alone.
Lets' start with a short story of my life :
I'm Sylvain, 29 years old.
I was born barefoot (I know cause I saw the pictures), in Paris, France. So, very early I learned to use this fantastic tool called shoe. At 20 years old I was in loooooove with my Adidas Gazelle, I understood they were helping me a lot to keep self-confidence while dating girls.
In 2009, because of a job opportunity I arrived in a small village of Portugal, far away from everything. Cause there is nothing to do here, I started to run half-marathons. In 2011, whitout knowing why nor how, I tried to run barefoot during 4 months, and gave up suddenly because my feet were hurting a lot (I was doing it wrong) and because girls were thinking I was stupid. I lost a lot of self-confidence. So I ran with shoes again, but it was too late, local girls already knew I was dumb.
In march 2013, I ran another half-marathon (1h42) with a friend of mine, the guy was wearing Luna Sandals. He gave me this book called Born to Run, right after reading it I bought the Ken Bob Saxton one, and understood why I was doing it so wrong 2 years ago.
In october, I ran my first barefoot half-marathon, faster than ever (1h29), oh man I felt so happy. I felt for the first time I was respecting my body, I was doing things with it, for it, a mind and a body re-united. I'm doing a lot of yoga for 2 years now, and I feel there is a connection.
Well, to be honest, I didnt like the last 2 kilometers of the race and had to stay focused on the white line, my feet werent ready for it. I had one blister on the longest toe.
I used to post on a french running forum, but I feel no connection with the community anymore. People spend more time speaking about shoes, personal records and painful marathons, than form, diet, philosophy.
That's why I come here today, I want to run the perfect barefoot half-marathon, and I want to meet people able to tell me "yes you can run a whole BF marathon without any pain", cause I'm still far away from such a result.
Thank you !!!
