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	<title>The Barefoot Experiment</title>
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		<title>The Exceptional Customer Service of Zappos.com</title>
		<link>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/08/the-exceptional-customer-service-of-zappos-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t even purchased anything from them yet, but I already want to tell you about the stellar customer service experience I had with Zappos.com!  Lots of people rave about them and their customer service, and I can see why. I was investigating a new trail shoe on their site, but the problem is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking Shoes</title>
		<link>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/08/talking-shoes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My apologies to regular readers, but The Barefoot Experiment is going to be seeing an abundance of shoe-related posts for a little while. The shoes will always be minimalist running shoes (despite almost falling into a pair of Brooks Cascadia 5 this week &#8211; sweet shoe though!), but as I ramp up my mileage while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Touring + Running &#8211; Free Time = Quiet Blog</title>
		<link>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/07/touring-running-free-time-quiet-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again.  Summer touring season.  While I maintain a busy schedule year round, the summer always hits particularly hard and leaves me with too many miles on my car (thank goodness for Volvo life expectancy!), too little sleep, and not nearly enough music on my iPod.  I&#8217;m trying to change all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visualize Your Training in Google Earth</title>
		<link>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/06/visualize-your-training-in-google-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many runners, I&#8217;m a bit obsessive about data.  I love to collect it.  I love to analyze it.  I love to spend time visualizing with maps, graphs, charts and long lists of numbers.  After all of my data is imported from my Garmin 405 and I&#8217;ve reviewed the hard numbers from the day&#8217;s run, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Trail Within 15 Minutes</title>
		<link>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/06/a-trail-within-15-minutes/</link>
		<comments>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/06/a-trail-within-15-minutes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the first Saturday in June, is National Trails Day, a day sponsored and promoted by the American Hiking Society to help promote the creation, upkeep and use of America&#8217;s 200,000+ miles of public-access trails.  Created in 1993, the day has its roots in 1987&#8242;s report from the President&#8217;s Commission on Americans Outdoors, which endorsed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tired of Rehab Exercises?  Hit the Trails to Regain Strength!</title>
		<link>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/06/tired-of-rehab-exercises-hit-the-trails-to-regain-strength/</link>
		<comments>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/06/tired-of-rehab-exercises-hit-the-trails-to-regain-strength/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the recovery process for my posterior tibial tendinitis and associated challenges, I&#8217;ve been doing a great deal of physical therapy that targets all of the stabilizing muscles in the lower legs.  From rocker boards and wobble boards to stability pods, balance discs, foam rollers, resistance bands and a variety of balance exercises, I&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warning Signs for Runners</title>
		<link>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/05/warning-signs-for-runners/</link>
		<comments>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/05/warning-signs-for-runners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 21:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, this isn&#8217;t a 2,000 word essay on listening to your body, avoiding injury and running safe.  It&#8217;s just a picture of a silly little sign that I saw today on the drive through the woods to the trailhead. Normally I&#8217;d simply consider this a run-of-the-mill &#8220;children at play&#8221; sign, only, I was in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shoe Companies to Phase Out Motion Control Shoes</title>
		<link>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/05/shoe-companies-to-phase-out-motion-control-shoes/</link>
		<comments>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/05/shoe-companies-to-phase-out-motion-control-shoes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 19:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, a new article over on the Runner&#8217;s World website caught my eye.  Authored by William Roberts, MD, it appeared in their Ask the Sports Doc section and was entitled The Mechanics of Barefoot Running.  I&#8217;m always excited to see something on the topic of barefoot running appear over there, or in their print [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scott Jurek Talks Diet, Exercise and Running for 24 Hours in NY Times</title>
		<link>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/05/scott-jurek-talks-diet-exercise-and-running-for-24-hours-in-ny-times/</link>
		<comments>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/05/scott-jurek-talks-diet-exercise-and-running-for-24-hours-in-ny-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 02:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Jurek, vegan ultramarathon athlete and seven-time consecutive winner of the Western States 100 (really, that&#8217;s just the tip of the iceberg) just alerted his Twitter followers to a great article about him in today&#8217;s New York Times. Diet and Exercise to the Extremes, by Mark Bittman, takes a quick look at what it&#8217;s like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why A Barefoot Runner Would Put On Shoes</title>
		<link>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/05/why-a-barefoot-runner-would-put-on-shoes/</link>
		<comments>http://roderickrussell.com/running/2010/05/why-a-barefoot-runner-would-put-on-shoes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 19:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roderick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, if you’ve been following the postings on this blog, you’ve realized that barefoot running is more about the biomechanics of running barefoot than it is about running completely free of all footwear.  Sure, there are purists out there who swear by barefoot and barefoot only – skin to ground, and never shall the [...]]]></description>
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