Category: barefoot running
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Hallux Rigidus
Ignorance is bliss? 18 months of reinjury, slow and painful progress, and over-dramatic stubbed toes don’t feel much like bliss. I finally decided to see a podiatrist about my newly reinjured big toe. The good news, depending on how you look at it, I’m going to live. The bad news, my toe may not. My…
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Christopher McDougall: Are we born to run?
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Turf Toe
I recently sprained my big toe from barefoot Ultimate Frisbee. I should not have assumed that an ability to barefoot run for 40 minutes corresponded to being able to perform the side-to-side, twisting, and rapid acceleration and deceleration involved in Ultimate Frisbee for a full hour. Luckily, while I had to stay in Saturday night…
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Tarahumara: Legendary Native Runners of Mexico
This rare video contains footage from the 1960s and 1930s of the Tarahumara playing their running game. The majority of the video is a documentary footage of a small Tarahumara “community in the transitional zone between the Sierra upland country and the deep canyons to the South.”
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Scenes from Christopher McDougall’s Born To Run
Born To Run by Christopher McDougall is easily my favorite book. I’m ecstatic to have stumbled upon this YouTube video of people and places from the book. It was a lot of fun watching and comparing faces and landscapes to what I’d envisioned. This may be a bit of a spoiler for anyone planning on…
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7 Secret Secrets of Barefoot Running
This video is too funny to not post. Please note, I do believe in barefoot running, but this video is not an accurate representation of my beliefs or suggested approach. My intention here is to make you laugh, not explain why you should take your shoes off and log some miles. Check out the barefoot…