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Running and Age

March 25, 2025April 11, 2025 Barefoot KenBarefoot cow, Chasing the Grid, fitness, marathon, Marshal Ulrich, running, Training, ultramarathon2 Comments

We run to learn. This means that as we age, nothing changes. Until you are ready to surrender.

Nothing changes because the hunger is still there. The craving for intensity. Fear is still there too, because it’s inescapable that physical resilience degrades with time, and injuries heal more slowly, which means the consequences are more severe and the stakes are higher when we head out sleepy-eyed for the morning jog or toe the starting line for an important race or disappear into the wilderness in pursuit of enlightenment. Continue reading “Running and Age” →

Go Barefoot Cow

March 12, 2025 Barefoot KenBarefoot Running, Born to Run, Chronic compartment syndrome, fitness, health, ITB pain, marathon, Posterior tibialis tendinitis, running, Training3 Comments

Maybe my fate would’ve been different if I’d grown up like a Comanche child – playing naked in the forest until adulthood. Instead I grew up a modern child. Living in a city, playing in the alleys. Always clothed and shod, except for bed and bathtub.

As a teenager I went to the track and tried to run, but after 15 minutes, my shins would go numb. I couldn’t lift my toes. Landed flat and heavy. “Frustration” might have been my middle name, or maybe it was “persistent” for I clumped along despite the disability, hoping the symptoms would resolve. I wanted so badly to go fast and run far.

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