FiveFingers: Barely Shod Barefooting

So as I mentioned in the previous post, I'm experimenting with bare foot running, having recently read the best seller "Born to Run." I did the first mile bare foot on the treadmill. Feet felt great minus the blister I got on the big toe of my right foot.

Next, I tried a pair of Vibram FiveFinger KSO like those above. It was a little odd getting into the "shoe" (little piggies didn't want to cooperate), but I got it done. Ran last night at at park on a mixture of grass and paved trail. Other than a little strain on my calves this morning, my legs feel great. One problem: there is a barely noticeable seam where the Vibram sole connects to the upper fabric. I got a small (but very painful) blister on the instep of my left foot. As I've googled around the web to read of others' experience with the shoe, I've found its fairly typical to have blisters as your feet try to get acclimated to the wear and tear of wearing less.

Running Barefoot...

I've been reading the most fascinating book on running: Born to Run. It's about a middle-aged guy who kept getting injured from running. He sought the best sports medicine and experts in the country. They all told him that man just wasn't made to run. He didn't like the answer and spent years trying to refute that logic. His search took him too Mexico's Copper Canyons and to the Tarahumara Indian trip whose members often run hundreds of miles at a time. Their secret: anti-Nike shoes. They ran virtually barefoot. The books author sites ample scientific research supporting the idea that human race is meant to run, meant to run long distances, and mean to run as close to barefoot as possible. Best book I've read in five years...and really inspiring news for old dudes who want to run.

Old Dudes Rule

In the spirit of "old dudes rule" I submit this pic of an old hotel in Long Beach near the aquarium. Captured with iPhone.

Up High

Mildly interesting dichotomy--my parking marker at long term parking and a palm stretching for the sun in LA.

LA Fires

Got to be a witness to the LA fires at a recent soccer tournament away. A bit hard to see from a lack of zoom on the iPhone, but you can get an idea by looking in the distance. This was a small faction of the fires around the huge city. It was surreal having blue skies where we were playing and being ringed-in by plums of smoke in the distance.

Disney Land Colors

I have a new saying. "Hold your head high solider, it ain't over yet. That's why we call it a struggle, you're suppose to sweat."

Hello!

I have just been informed that the first half of my photography class is film. So I'll be posting on this blog till the end of 2009!

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School

Oh dear. School has started. I don't know what will happen to this blog.

I have a digital photography class and we have to have a blog to turn in assignments.

I might combine it with this one. I'm not sure.

Merman: The Movie

A Merman

Everybody's A Comedian!

You know its a bad omen when photographers try to be funny.

Sweet Colors

Very Cool Old Hotel in Longbeach

Passed this cool looking old hotel in Longbeach today. Captured with
iPhone.

Before The Storm At Powell

Calm After The Strom

After the storm hit in Lake Powell everything went smooth and calm. It was such a relief to know we were ok.

How to Get Home

75 Minute Bike Ride / Garmin 310xt

My Cycling Route Today / Garmin 31o XT

Once you get to the Garmin Connect site, try clicking on the Player to view the ride...

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World's greatest socks. Smartwool.

I Love This Picture

This is one of my favorite pictures. But for some reason it doesn't look as good as it did in i-photo. O well. I still love it.

Moth

Snagged this colorful moth on a bike ride with my iPhone. Know what kind it is?