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To celebrate the new Barefoot Running University website, I will be giving away a copy of the second edition of The Barefoot Running Book !  All you have to do to enter is become a friend of the Barefoot Running University site using Google Friend Connect.  The Google Friend Connect box is located in the far right column: The winner will be randomly chosen this Saturday, September 11th.  Best of luck! Also- the Barefoot Runners Society is now open to the public! http://barefootrunners.org  

The second edition of The barefoot Running Book is now available!  For those that pre-ordered, the books should ship on Wednesday.  They are currently available on the Barefoot Running University website.  For those of you that prefer Amazon, they will be available very soon ( see page here ).   The cost is $14.95.  I kept the price the same as the first, but it expanded from 61 to 188 pages.  Check out the BRU book page for more information!   To celebrate the finished project, I am holding a contest to give away two books.  Here's how it will work: Think of your best barefoot running tips. List each one as a comment under this post. I will send one copy to the person that lists the most legitimate tips, and I will send one copy to the person that left the last tip when I wake up tomorrow morning.  For those of you that like strategy, it will help to know about what time I normally wake up.  Facebook friends , you may have ...

Over the last few weeks, I've been busy with my various adventures, then documenting said adventures.  There are a lot of happenings occurring in the very near future, lots of news to share.  Let's begin! My Achilles Injury When running in the Burning River 100 , I tweaked my left Achilles.  As of last week, it was still sore and inflamed.  My plan was to simply rest in preparation for the Fallsburg Marathon this upcoming weekend.  Late last week, I was emailing Dr. Scott Hadley, a barefoot running friend of mine.  He had read my race report about Burning River and suggested I try a self-treatment he developed on his TrekoClinics site.  I felt a bit foolish; I had forgotten I had access to one of the leaders in the field of diagnosing and treating.   Based on Scott's recommendation, I used the treatment he described in the sample video on the site's main page.  After three days, the Achilles feels perfect!  The tightness and pai...

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...