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"The Barefoot Book" winner!

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Using random.org, Rebecca was chosen as the winner of Daniel Howell's " The Barefoot Book !"  Rebecca, just send me an email at robillardj "at" gmail "dot" com, and I will get it out to you as soon as possible!

Burning River Initial Report, The Barefoot Running Book Pre-order, and The Barefoot Book giveaway!

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Burning River Well, I finished the Burning River 100 Mile Endurance Run this weekend!  While I did not meet my goal of running the entire race barefoot (I decided to wear huarache sandals after mile 33.3), I did set a 100 mile PR (27:48 or so).   It was an awesome weekend!  Tons of thanks goes to my excellent crew consisting of my wife Shelly , Jesse Scott , and Barefoot Art.  I met a ton of wonderful people, got to spend time with friends I don't see often, and experienced the full Burning River course.  A full race report will be forthcoming, but here are a few highlights: I wore a kilt for the entire race, My "Mike's Hard Lemonade and chia" iskiate worked as planned, I realized drinking 92 ounces of beer the night before a race and getting four hours of sleep is a bad idea, I am considering abandoning my goal of running a barefoot 100 miler and focusing on getting competitive, I am very good at powering up hills, but equally bad at running down hills, I...