While I have been running for fun and exercise off and on throughout my life, I have not ever run nearly as many miles as I do now, after the age of 50. As is common, I ran in high school and college, Continue Reading
Can You Catch Cold From Running Barefoot in the Winter
How does a person catch cold? What do people mean when they say you can catch cold? And does running barefoot in cold conditions cause a person to catch cold? The concern sounds a lot like the once Continue Reading
The 90% Barefoot City of Trees Marathon 2014
Here are two important lists related to this first ever marathon that I ran, and ran 90% barefoot, on Sunday, October 12, 2014. These lists are a summary of the challenges and advantages I had going Continue Reading
The Training Peak Injury Syndrome and How to Avoid It
It happens in one of two basic ways. Either you are pushing extra hard because the race date is looming over you like some weird hybrid of threat and goal; or you are feeling in such good shape that Continue Reading
My Worst Running Bonk Ever – and What I did
Over several weeks, I had been gradually increasing my mileage to new-all time longest runs ever. And it had been going well, under the coaching supervision of my husband. (You can read about my Continue Reading