So I'm buying a treadmill

[jlynn2]

Good luck with the treadmill. I hope it works out for you other than being an expensive clothes and dust catcher. I recently swore off treadmills after a misadventure on one at my gym. Here is the link to my blog posting on the event http://thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?entries/a-cautionary-tale.804/. Whatever you do be careful out there... hear...
Jenn

 

[NickW]

I have 4 basic directions I can go out of my house, uphill, downhill, flattish uphill, or downhill again. Barefoot I seem to be terrible at downhills but in shoes I'm able to go much faster.

 

[Barefoot Gentile]

I am really cautious going downhill barefoot now, I injured myself once going downhill to fast barefoot. I'd rather keep a good solid form on the downhills. People in shoes blow by me on the downhills, it is so much easier actually, or it seems at least. To be honest I totally forget what it feels like to run in shoes downhill, but I do see alot of recklessness when shod runners bomb downhills, I get a bit jealous at times but then again it looks painful.

 

[rickwhitelaw]

Gotta get the thread "slogans for the back of my shirt" going again. My favorite is "I used my shoe money for beer". I think that is Barefoot Chuck's.
Maybe something like "Say hi to me on the downhill".

 

[NickW]

I used to bomb recklessly down hills in shoes, now while pushing a stroller it doesn't seem so smart anymore so I just keep it slow and enjoy my surroundings.