Barefoot Running University

Dealing with the DreamCrushers

Jason — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:16:36 +0000

This post is a follow-up to this previous post: Choosing”Impossible” Challenges

Some of us have goals that may reside outside the realm of “sane” by societal standards. Those goals may involve running an ultramarathon, quitting a “secure” job to do something more intrinsically rewarding, traveling the world, homeschooling your children, starting an unusual business, moving to somewhere new… whatever. Invariably you’ll encounter the DreamCrushers.

DreamCrushers are the people that… well, try to crush your dreams. [...]

Choosing “Impossible” Challenges

Jason — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:27:18 +0000

Over the years, most of my running friends have made the jump from shorter distances to ultramarathons. My group of friends (mostly Facebook-based) has even developed a bit of a reputation of ignoring conventional wisdom and jumping into ultras head-first. As soon as one finishes their first, they immediately join me in coaxing the rest of our friends to make the same jump.

The discussions that ensue are fascinating. All of the people that have made the [...]

Are Trail Runners Happier?

Jason — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:50:55 +0000

By Kate Kift

This isn’t an article about whether “trail runners” are better than “road runners”. I have long learnt that this is a topic more controversial than religion or politics – I admit that my title is a little misleading. I am more interested in the theory relating to depression and nature; or to be fair, the theory that those who have more access to nature suffer less depression and if so, why? So, okay, [...]

Unschooling: What Does it Mean?

Jason — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:04:33 +0000

What the hell is “unschooling?!?”

Most people are familiar with the idea of home schooling where parents teach their children at home in lieu of a traditional school. Unschooling takes the concept a little further by eliminating “traditional” structure. Lessons are learned by experiencing life. As such, unschooling is sometimes called “life.”

Since Shelly and I hit the road last summer, we’ve been unschooling our three children ages 7, 5, and 2. It has been a [...]

A Sampling of Our Ultramarathon Crosstraining

Jason — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:38:22 +0000

Here’s a video of the type of training Shelly and I do. A I’ve mentioned before, most of our workouts are inspired by Crossfit and Kemme Fitness.

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