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900 Miles on Vibram Five Finger KSO’s

Posted in Adventure Running, Barefoot, Barefoot Running, Endurance, Five Fingers, Minimal Shoes, Running, Shoe Repair on October 12, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Running = 850,
Cycling = 90,
Walking = 40

As a former heel striker, and a clydesdale athlete, I am used to destroying shoes to the point that they must be discarded into a bin of well loved shoes after only a few hundred miles. Every once in a while I find this bin and pull out [...]

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Diet and Barefoot Running Health

Posted in Adventure Running, Barefoot, Barefoot Running, Eating, Endurance, Fatherhood, Five Fingers, Minimal Shoes, Nutrition, Running, Training on July 8, 2009 | 12 Comments »

When you run barefoot you can expect to feel some aches and pains in your feet and ankles when doing some hard training — especially when you wake up in the morning. At least that is my experience. What I did not expect was blood in my urine when I returned from a fast 8 [...]

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Familial Eating Patterns

Posted in Adventure Running, Barefoot, Barefoot Running, Eating, Endurance, Fatherhood, Five Fingers, Minimal Shoes, Nutrition, Running, Training on July 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »

My Dad had a heart attack directly related to diet and stress in 1992, and again this year he needed a number of stents put in to open some severe blockages. 200907021528.jpg I made some changes in my life, like taking the stairs instead of the elevator, and doing a few repeats up the hill on my bike every day, but I kept the Mountain Dew habit, and the stressful job. … We were under direct orders to eat everything on our plate, and if for any reason we left food on the plate we were served up a good dose of guilt “don’t you know people are starving in Africa.”

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Sapper Joe 50K Race Report

Posted in Adventure Running, Barefoot, Barefoot Running, Eating, Endurance, Five Fingers, Minimal Shoes, Nutrition, Running on June 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »

… I thought I was doing good on water, but on the leg before the last aid station I ran out of water and I was suffering, my mouth was dry, and I could feel the heat effects on my energy.

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Do you crave carbonation while running?

Posted in Adventure Running, Barefoot, Barefoot Running, Eating, Endurance, Five Fingers, Minimal Shoes, Running, Training on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Half way into the Sapper Joe 50K I was craving carbonation. I was saving a can of Guru for after the race and I slammed it during the race. The craving did not come back even after the race. So I thought I would put up this poll to see if any of you out [...]

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Barefoot Run – Angels Landing Zion’s National Park

Posted in Adventure Running, Barefoot, Barefoot Running, Endurance, Minimal Shoes, Running, Training on May 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Here is a couple of pictures from running up and down Angels Landing in Zion’s National Park. I brought my Five’s as I thought the surface might be too rough. Did not wear them.

With my son Benjamin

What good is a run without pushups at the top.

The run on the way back. Steep and fast. The [...]

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Another 50+ on Five Finger KSO’s

Posted in Adventure Running, Barefoot, Barefoot Running, Endurance, Five Fingers, Minimal Shoes, Review, Running, Shoe Repair on May 2, 2009 | 7 Comments »

I have put another 50 miles running, 20 miles cycling, 16 hours weeding, and 8 hours framing a basement on my Five Fingers. I have been barefoot running a bit lately or I would have put more miles on them — so I think in total I have around 400+ conservative miles on them now.
The [...]

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Spring in full bloom – New Trail

Posted in Adventure Running, Barefoot, Barefoot Running, Endurance, Five Fingers, Minimal Shoes, Running, Training on April 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »

There is a new trail next to Barrel Roll, in Santa Clara, that I discovered last week.  I realized that this trail did not exist a few weeks ago. I was completely stoked to make this discovery, thinking to myself, that this trail rivals the best in Southern Utah. I found the trail while on [...]

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Eating – Belly Fat – Endurance

Posted in Adventure Running, Barefoot Running, Eating, Endurance, Nutrition, Running, Training on April 20, 2009 | 10 Comments »

As a Clydesdale endurance athlete I am struggling with how to ditch my belly fat. I am putting in longer and longer LSD runs and my muscle mass increases, my body fat on my arms, chest, and legs decreases, but my belly stays the same. If I eat too little I crash. My Garmin typically [...]

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