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Location:

UT,

Member Since:

Dec 31, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

I ran my first marathon as a teenager in 1981 with my Dad (The Coronado Marathon). Since then I've run St, George (3x) Utah Valley (3x) Ogden (1 full, 2 halves) Park City (1 x) Boston Marathon (1x) Washington DC (1x) Moab Half Marathon (6x) ,Ye Old Freedom Festival 5 & 10K (a million x) and many others.

But I'm all done with that now.  I'm officially a jogger.

Short-Term Running Goals:

My running goal is to keep on keepin' on.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Jog into the sunset.

Personal:

I like being outside.

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Saucony ProGrid V Lifetime Miles: 479.51
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I met an Australian ex-ballerina dancer doing Tai-Chi at the mouth of the Narrows river canyon in Zion's National park.  She was wearing Vibram 5 Fingers.  When she finished her excersize we had a conversation about the Vibram and how they changed her feet back into the right shape, and helped her offset years of damage from her dancing.  I'm never convinced about barefoot runing.  Maybe I'd try twice a week, or on grass.  I'd sooner run in crocks like Sasha.   I just don't trust my body to 'biomechanically' correct my running as the barefoot running theory goes.  My body has let me down a lot and I don't trust it at all anymore.  It was interesting though to talk with this girl about yoga, energy, and the reasons we get our hair cut.

Comments
From RAD on Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 15:37:35 from 76.27.16.189

the reasons we get our hair cut? I'm interested.

Nice job on the miles and I'm right there with you on the barefoot thing. I'm battling PF and so many seem to say 'barefoot' to help, but I'm just not buying it...yet.

From LuzyLew on Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 16:32:51 from 208.187.197.42

She swore by them....But she wasn't a runner either. In addition, she was also a Yoga teacher. So when I told her I knew people who were running 80-100 miles a week on them, she winced and said that running was for people who think too much, and that we (as a group) needed to find other ways to achieve our higher conciousness. I love talking to hippies. So I'm not sure she made the case for barefoot running or not. I'd walk the Narrows in them though :)

From RAD on Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 13:57:00 from 76.27.16.189

I'd walk the narrows barefoot if that was how I could get it done! :)

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