Dave's SKIP BB's / Welcome to Permies! / Permaculture Resources / Dave's Boot Adventures & Longview Projects
Dave's SKIP BB's / Welcome to Permies! / Permaculture Resources / Dave's Boot Adventures & Longview Projects
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Dave's SKIP BB's / Welcome to Permies! / Permaculture Resources / Dave's Boot Adventures & Longview Projects
Nican Tlaca
Victor Skaggs wrote:Negative... you can be injured by stepping on the wrong things; it can cause your feet to spread, so that when you do wear shoes you'll need triple-E;
if you're running your knees and everything else is taking more impact without running shoes which absorb impact forces.
In the West it is difficult due to puncture vines.
Here in the Piedmont it's all grass and dirt with no puncture vines or marine catfish, so a lot safer.
Hank Fletcher wrote:what would typically cause the blood blisters when you are walking barefooted?
Joseph Lofthouse wrote:
Hank Fletcher wrote:what would typically cause the blood blisters when you are walking barefooted?
The blood blisters were caused by doing more than the feet were able to handle. I participate in a number of barefoot running sites. Newbies frequently ask how they should get started. Those with a lot of experience say, "Start gradually, and transition slowly". I usually add, "even slower than you can imagine".
Hank Fletcher wrote: I knew I wanted to stay as much on pavement as much as possible and stay off the sidewalk.
Nican Tlaca
Victor Skaggs wrote:
Hank Fletcher wrote: I knew I wanted to stay as much on pavement as much as possible and stay off the sidewalk.
My suggestion is that you find a dirt path or grass to run on. Pavement is hard and will wreck your knees, and do so even faster if you're barefoot.
At first the irregularities, pebbles, etc., will bother you, but one's feet become accustomed to that. I can walk over gravel and other surfaces on which other people cannot walk at all.
The hard paved surfaces are eroding your knees, I'm quite sure.
At my age, Happy Hour is a nap.
Nothing ruins a neighborhood like paved roads and water lines.
Joseph Lofthouse wrote:I'd like to discuss living barefoot. The ergonomics, economics, strategies, adaptations, health effects, etc...
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For the past few months, I have been learning to live barefoot. I don't like the idea of having intermediaries in my life. So if I stop wearing shoes, that's one less thing that I have to buy from The Corporation. It's a slow and gradual process. This morning, I went to town barefoot, and took care of some shopping and business transactions. Then I worked six hours barefoot planting my fields. Then my feet were done for the day. They just had enough energy left for a barefoot photo.
At my age, Happy Hour is a nap.
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