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Your Spring Shoe Check

Spring is here. The weather is turning and the days are longer thanks to the earlier day light saving’s time change. I, for one, love

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Junk in Your Shoes

There is an old Chinese proverb; “Failure results not from the length of the journey or the height of the mountain but the pebble in

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Common Toenail Question

I get questions by email all the time. Toenail questions are quite common, so I thought I’d post this one. Here’s the question. “I am

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Kinesiology Tapes

If you have followed my blog long enough, you’ll know I have a preference for kinesiology tapes for protective taping before a race and patching

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Running in Crocs

Efraim Manzano caught my eye a few weeks when I learned that he had run the HURT 100 in Hawaii in Crocs. I messaged in on Facebook and

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Superfeet’s Wool Insoles

Superfeet’s Wool Insoles I have liked Superfeet’s insoles for many years. Last year I was sent a pair of Superfeet’s Wool Insoles to try. Before talking about

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Cold Feet?

Many athletes suffer from cold feet. Athletes have several options to deal with cold feet. The first, most commonly tried, is different socks. Some simply

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Typical Heel Blister Problems

Heel blisters are quite common – although they shouldn’t be. Today’s post shows one participant’s feet at the 2014 Amazon Jungle Marathon. If you look closely

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I’ve Got a Pebble in My Shoe!

Tonight I finished watching three episodes of the 2014 Spartan Races – two regional races and then the final World Championship. Regional races are about eight miles

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