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Archive for July, 2009

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 | 10 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 | 1 Comment »

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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