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Tag: barefoot running

  • Pumped up Kicks: Is barefoot running for me?

    Pumped up Kicks: Is barefoot running for me?

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    Courtney
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    No this blog isn’t about Foster the People, or songs that are good to run to.  (I will say though right now I am digging: Young Blood by The Naked and Famous, Sail by Awolnation, Somebody that I Used to Know by Gotye, and Frankenstein by Tokyo Police Club)  This blog is my opinion on barefoot running.…

  • What are the Best Running Shoes?

    What are the Best Running Shoes?

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    Courtney
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    Last week I wrote about how to teach your body to run.  I was very careful while talking about how it feels to run, to conveniently leave out the topic of shoes.   I didn’t want you to think about the equipment needed yet.  I wanted you think about how you run organically and what you can do…

  • More Fuel for the Barefoot Fire

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    Runners’ World just blogged an interesting research topic (thank you Miha: http://sweatscience.runnersworld.com/2012/02/barefoot-versus-running-shoes-which-is-surprisingly-more-efficient/ The research showed that running with shoes is actually more energy efficient than running with minimalist shoes.  As I am adding more fuel to fire the barefoot vs.shoed running debate I wanted to give a couple reasons to use minimalist shoes. A good place…

  • Constructing a cheat meal

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    Courtney
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    When on a diet, splurging is often called a cheat meal.  Cheat meals can be awesome, but dieters beware if you like to eat healthy Mon-Fri and cheat all weekend you are not on a  weight lose diet, you are on a maintenance diet…(or even a slow .5-1lb steady creep up diet!) That being said, cheat meals…