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Please, if there is one thing to know about Running Barefoot, whether experienced or not, is that this is not about being “tough”, or able to ”endure” pain, or conditioning yourself so you can run endless miles without any sense.
| Be Patient! In all that we see, hear, and read, there is a tendency to perceive what we already believe (for example, I have often, said or wrote, “lift your feet and bend your knees” and someone always comes back telling me that they are already ”lifitng their knees as high as they can!”). Most folks should read the information on RunningBarefoot.org as if running barefoot were a completely new activity to them. Experiment with the concepts, reflect, and read the information again, and again. It may take several repetitions of this process before the concepts click for newby barefoot runners. Even so, the goal is not a fixed state of self-satisfation, but rather an open path of continual reflection, experimentation, feedback, and improvement. This is the nature of life itself. Being embalmed (and dead) is the closest we can come to an unchanging state of being. |
Running Barefoot is ALL about being sensitive! Our feet have more nerve endings than any other part of our body for a very good reason - so that we can learn to run gently, efficiently, and naturally.
Instead of focusing on toughening up to endure running barefoot the same way you might if you were expecting your shoes (or a soft running surface) to protect you from impact (they don’t, really), in the long run, it would be wiser to LEARN HOW to run more gently, efficiently, and naturally, by paying attention to the sensitivity of your newby soles, and respond by making adjustments to the WAY you run.
This web site is not devoted to elite runners, or hard-core athletes, or folks trying to prove how tough they are - however, those folks are welcome to join us, but if you’re looking for specific training programs for Olympians, you would probably do well to look elsewhere - but be sure to come back and visit, when you’re ready to learn how to run better, naturally, for the joy of running!
This web site is for the majority of runners - those of you who will rarely, if ever win a race, age group medal, or a shoe endorsement contract - many of you may not even consider yourselves runners at this time, because you probably found that running in shoes was boring or painful. No worries, if I could only run in shoes, I wouldn’t choose to be a runner either.
We do not claim that Running Barefoot will make anyone faster - though we doubt that running in shoes will either (actually, if shoes made us run faster, they should be banned from competition as assistive devices - but they don’t, in fact, they really just get in the way of enjoying running).
Personally, I have and still enjoy a bit of success as a barefoot runner. At my peak, I would often place in my age division, and actually won a couple of small events overall - though one of those events, was at work, against other government employees 
We hope that Running Barefoot will bring joy and pleasure to your running, and to your life. Mostly, we hope that you will take running as a form of recreation, play, discovery, of life, as well as of running, and most importantly,
have FUN!
-Barefoot Ken Bob
More Links:
- Official Running Barefoot representatives around this world
- Submitting Articles, Pictures, Race Reports, etc.
- About Barefoot Ken Bob
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