Any barefoot runners?
 

Barefoot (actually barefoot not barefoot shoes) ran on pavement for first time a couple nights ago. 3/4 of a mile in 5 minutes so a decent pace. Had to stop because of a blister.

Any tricks to preventing/dealing with blisters until the dogs callus up?

What’s the point of running barefoot

Sorry, I don't mean to change the topic, but this reminds me that I just joined my local chapter of the Spread Shards Of Broken Glass On Sidewalks Club, and we have a meeting tomorrow night at 7.

Anyway... please continue. Don't mind me.

Only barefoot I do is the Chianti at Pasta Jabroni over lunch

I did this for a couple of years. Word of caution: start slow and build! The limits of bare feet getting blisters are likely sparing you from bigger issues if you have spent most of your life with a rise in the heel of shoe. Feet take time to change, think months and years. Recommend also getting zero rise shoes for every day living so it's not just exercise.

As for the surface issue of blisters, the callouses will form. Let it take some time. These days I run using Merrell Vapors. Do kind of miss the days of running truly barefoot. Maybe I'll get back to it. At this point it's nice to know the only thing I'd have to worry about would be getting the callouses back.

It moves all of the shock absorption from your knees and hips down to your feet. For those who have knee issues it can be a game changer. From an evolutionary perspective it makes sense. The majority of our existence we did not have curvy shoes with big heels in the back. Those things alter your gait and weaken parts of your feet over time.

Sounds like an activity for poor people

wouldn't want to chip a tile

The gluten intolerant of running

Your neighborhood looks like a Call of Duty map so no worries there

Bareback > Yogi Bear > Bear Claws > Barefoot

Is this a reference to when I woke up in billay's bungalow after after being roofied?

Could have happened to anyone.

Your ass can't run up a hill without looking like a fool.....

I only run bareback. It's when I spear any man, woman or dog I see with my unsheathed cock

guess again, my street was recently resurfaced

So you can outrun everyone else if the zombie apocalypse starts in the middle of the night.

If you're in the pool and you hear the ice cream man.

If you and/or your hooker is suddenly the target of a sting operation.

If you get attacked by a jellyfish and the closest person who can pee on you is 3 blocks away.

If you are baked out of your mind and crash your rented Lambo, but forgot to put shoes on when you left the house.

Any naked runners in here? I like to run really wide stance so the sun can illuminate into my butthole. Really makes you feel alive.

What kinda GEAR you run to make sure your butthole looks buff?

Only on a path of Legos just to feel alive

Only when her boyfriend comes home unexpectedly

You post in jest but there's a very popular and well-attended naked bike ride in Portland. It's been around for decades. It's literally a long bike ride all around town, far enough and arduous enough that you really need to train for it, where every person is butt naked riding a damn bicycle.

I'm from Portland as a few close friends and allies here know. I worked with a guy that actually did the naked bike ride once. He said he felt ashamed of himself by the time it was over and that he'd never do it again.

Goddamn that town needs a tanker or two full of fentanyl dumped in the water supply. Disgusting people

That wouldn't have the effect you're thinking of because basically the whole local population would already have such a high tolerance for opiates, they'd love that water.

The one nice thing about Portland was that the "keep Portland weird" naked bikeride, violent hippie type of crowd predominantly lives on the East Side (of the river splitting the city that's a pain in the ass to cross because of traffic). The west side is where Nike and Intel are, as well as a bunch of other tech companies, and it's more of a rich soccer moms driving BMW SUVs type of crowd. I was west side the whole time, but I have to admit that the east side had the more compelling restaurants/bars. The west side was more chain places.

Highest per-capita strip club ratio of any city in America, too, by a comfortable margin. They had so many (all fully-nude, which I later learned was pretty rare) strip clubs up there, there were sub-genres. Your average Kansan would be appalled. If you're into goth/punk type chicks for example, you go to Union Jack's where every dancer had many tattoos and piercings. Like half their body. If you wanted a salad bar and a steak, you'd go to the Acrop. Ghetto chicks shaking dat ass, you go to the Boom Boom Room. If you're under 21 but over 18, there's Jiggles. Full on paid-sex, you go to a "private lingerie show" place which were never far away. Just an adult club for every mood you could possibly find yourself in!

The only time I’m ever barefoot is in the shower.

I have the soft feet of a newborn baby. I can't even walk across our patio barefoot when I'm taking out the trash. If it's not carpeted, tiled, or hardwood, I'm wearing shoes.

You are one of those sickos that wears shoes in their house aren't you?

I used to when I was a kid but not on streets. I ran at Southwest High School's dirt track back in the 80s. It was really nice at the time. A bunch of neighbors kept it grubbed, raked, and tamped.

Lots of broken women then. Checks out

Is this a joke? Uhhh shoes?

I swear there was a guy posting in one of the workout threads who was running barefoot. It was some years ago and there's no way I'll be able to come up with his name. I think in the end he screwed up his feet.

Only tip I can give is to just give your feet time to get the callouses. It's not for everyone, but running barefoot gives me more of an agile feel while I'm running. Avoid the actual streets and use sidewalks if you can until your feet get used to it. If you have access to a track that's got some kind of rubber, use it as well.

I've done this for as long as I can remember, off and on. I've done hikes in the Badlands and Black Hills barefoot. Again, hiking through either of those places isn't something you should do unless you've got your feet used to the wear and tear. But if you can get used to it then it's a nice break from having anything on your feet. You'll feel lighter, more nimble and more responsive in each step. Plus your knees and ankles will feel differently after running a mile barefoot vs with shoes on.

Why? Is there a bear? Because that's the only ****ing way I'm running barefoot. Even then I might just let the bear kill me.

Personal preference I guess. Just something I did and continued to do as I got older. Wife thinks it's crazy, but I never thought it was as crazy as she makes it out to be. It's just a way to break the routine of running I guess.

Just don't forget to grab your playbook from the Lambo.

I ain't no Cody Lundin

For those questioning it do some quick searches on how much modern shoes mutilate your feet which results in many of the lower body issues people have today.

Since I have started going barefoot when possible and wearing wide toed zero drop shoes everything from lower back down feels better.

No more plantar fasciitis, ankle soreness, shin splints, etc...

I'd just do a basic go route, tbh.

I'd probably go back to wearing Earth Shoes before I tried running barefoot for my physical health. One thing is for sure, you don't want to screw up your feet because that has a direct effect on every aspect of your health.

Yet that is what the modern shoe does.