Outside magazine strides into the barefoot fad, not for the first time, in their lastest issue:
http://outsideonline.com/fitness/travel-ta-201102-bodywork-barefoot-running-sidwcmdev_154059.html
Like the multitudes mentioned in the article, I read Born to Run and decided I had to try going barefoot. A few early attempts on the beach in BC and wearing Vibram FiveFingers Sprints felt fleet but left me with new pains behind my toe joints for months. Next season I will ease into it.
My personal twist on minimalist running currently involves saving money by running in worn-out shoes. This may be the perfect ease-in tactic, right? Start with regular shoes and keep running in ‘em until there are no shoes left. As the shoes wear out, the feet wear in. It’s an elegant theory.
Hello Tim,
I have been following your blog for a while and it’s great. It and some other great outdoor blogs have inspired me to create my own for an upcoming trek in Austria.
I wanted to know what advice you could give me to get my page setup such that is can be searched (for example by the word trek stubai) by a search engine. I want it to be not just a form to log my planning and eventual trip, but also a source of info to others planning such a trip.
Thanks, Jay