Some runs....are just runs....some are epic....and some are....special.

 
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Hermes (Lysippos c. 350 BCE)
So, what is the ideal shoe from the perspective of a barefooter?
Firstly, let me make it perfectly clear...nothing comes close to the perfection of the foot as-it-is.
With that in mind, here's what you should look for i...

I hustled up I-5 after work tonight to the Seattle Running Company store.  Given the population of Seattle, I was expecting something on the order of REI....try Eugene Running Company.  A regular "hole-in-the-wall" in a funky neighborhoo...

Beautiful night.  Fabulous turnout.  All Star cast.

Ben Renich, Davey, and Joyce Siamon, along with
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I'm posting this for Jrun...

 
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I'm going to resist writing a small book here on the Western States

 effort Jeff just put forth.  Perhaps we can get him to tell his story.
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Our days start early now, and end late. I woke up at 04.15 recently
to find the sky bright, I drove home tonight at 9.45 and didn't need to
put the headlights on. Makes for good cool, evening runs, but I'm
missing out on them usually. In preparation...

Lean in close on this one;  I tend to whisper when I'm telling secrets.

We had five for a fab 15 on the Middle Fork Trail today ....... Colbs had to bail
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Today's run has to rank among my all-time top 10.

6:28. Pam and I park the car in the sunshine in the Hayden Homes neighborhood just across Weyerhaeuser Road from Potato Hill. She starts her normal Saturday walk to Wallace Creek Road and back with De...