Thanks Tim. Injinji, I tried everything but that. Someone on needs to let them know they need to include more variants in their SEO keywords; or pick another name.
I bought the Vibram things, lol. They are very comfy. I tore my lisfranc jumping off the roof of a public this past new year [oops], so comfy is a big deal for me—especially, after having my foot screwed back together. I have been barefoot running for a week now, and it's definitely better w/ the Vibram things on my feet. The mid-foot strike done in barefoot running has stopped my knee and foot hurting when I run. I am aching like all hell, but it’s the good aching feeling. Heel striking always seem so counter-intuitive to me. I found an inspiring and uplifting story documented by CNN about a gentleman who went to live w/ a tribe of people who compete in 100 mile races in as near to barefoot as it gets. They use the mid to forefoot strike and - figuratively speaking - kickass all over the fancy footwear folks.
Here is the
link to a video that will explain more.
P.S. The Vibram shoes this post mentions are the shoe of choice for ultra-marathon runners that have migrated to the barefoot technique which seemingly reduces and even prevent running injuries. Form the little experience I have garnered since adopting the form I can say only this, “instead of heel-striking barefooting is about flowing, I picture a rope pulling my head-up, lean slightly forward letting gravity propel me, and then sort of paddle myself along as if I was floating.” It’s totally badass and just feels right!!!! I can’t wait to tell my podiatrist that I am doing a 5k race barefoot. He is going to flip a lid! Proving the doc wrong has been a huge part of motivation to run again! I wonder if he is using reverse psychology on me???? Hakuna Matata.
N.B. I see you are using WordPress. My I suggest Disqus as a comments system. We - my company jiveSYSTEMS - are in the process of moving from IntenseDebate's comment engine to Disqus. Their nested comments feature alone would improve the readability of the comment thread. They also have a feature that allows readers to rate comments—pretty nifty if you ask me! Plus, I have heard good things about their CEO—he’s a start-up guy w/ a solid mind for marketing. JS-Kit is the only other comment engine I have found, and it seems okay, but Guy Kawasaki and ReadWriteWeb seem to be the only people using it; whereas, every man and their auntie in the Info Marketing World seems to be dropping the Disqus plugin into their blog.
Here is a link to the comment thread.
BY THE WAY,
I only paste comments into this blog for the instances that I comment on blogs not using Disqus. I use my Disqus profile to aggregate all of my blog comments into one stream.
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