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Re: A hacker's Christmas wishlist

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Post by rchowe »

I'm surprised he chose a 1TB drive for backup over a year of online backup - a physical drive fails a lot more easily than a company whose sole purpose is backing up your data, and if he/she already has a computer that has a disk of a size close to 1TB, the drive is going to fill with backups.

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Post by jefflinwood »

I'd take off the Vibram Five Fingers, unless you caution your running geek to take it easy in them.

In a marathon I did on Sunday there was a lady wearing VFFs who already had two stress fractures, but was still determined to run in them. We questioned that decision....

I think some people might be reading "Born to Run" and jumping full on into barefoot running and VFFs without taking the time to get their feet used to the minimalist style! That said, they do work for a lot of people.

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Post by drewda »

jefflinwood wrote: post #5

I'd take off the Vibram Five Fingers, unless you caution your running geek to take it easy in them. In a marathon I did on Sunday there was a lady wearing VFFs who already had two stress fractures, but was still determined to run in them. We questioned that decision.... I think some people might be reading "Born to Run" and jumping full on into barefoot running and VFFs without taking the time to get their feet used…

Agreed. During my first two or three weeks of VFFs, I was icing my calves after each run. I'm comfortable now, but it took some time.

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Post by w1ntermute »

For anyone thinking about buying the Kuru Toga, I'd highly recommend getting the original Japanese "High Grade" version (metal housing, rather than plastic) from JetPens instead: http://www.jetpens.com/index.php/product/view?products_id=44...

I've been using it on a daily basis since September and it's absolutely phenomenal.

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Post by rdtsc »

jefflinwood wrote: post #5

I'd take off the Vibram Five Fingers, unless you caution your running geek to take it easy in them. In a marathon I did on Sunday there was a lady wearing VFFs who already had two stress fractures, but was still determined to run in them. We questioned that decision.... I think some people might be reading "Born to Run" and jumping full on into barefoot running and VFFs without taking the time to get their feet used…

> I think some people might be reading "Born to Run" and jumping full on into barefoot running and VFFs without taking the time to get their feet used to the minimalist style!

There is often an evolutionist explanation for it that goes something like "the human leg and foot evolved to run barefoot", but isn't there a flaw in the explanation that running usually happened on dirt, grass, and not on the paved streets of New York? In other words our feet won't do well running barefoot on concrete or asphalt.

I am not a runner but just wondering, how many people use VFF for marathons successfully without injury? Is it a high number or it is still very very small minority?

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