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Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Final Story on Terra Plana Evo I and Evo II

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Paul Davis

When the Terra Plana Evo II appeared there was much discussion on blogs about this being a replacement for the existing Evo I. Various comments were made (including mine) that the Evo II was a design change to address the … Continue reading →

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Do you really want to wear conventional shoes to work ?

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Paul Davis

It’s been over a year now that I have only worn barefoot style shoes. I often wear my Terra Plana Neo for a run and then continue to wear them for the rest of the day for normal activities. The … Continue reading →

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I have a confession to make about my Marathon at the weekend

Posted on April 11, 2011 by admin

I ran the 2011 Brighton Marathon on Sunday. It was horribly hot for April and the temperature was 21C. So I saw a lot more paramedic cases this year from runners who had fainted from exhaustion. I found it pretty … Continue reading →

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Are we born to run ?

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Paul Davis

No doubt many of you will have heard of Christopher McDougall’s book Born to Run. For many of us this was the start of an interest that led us to barefoot running. The book is fascinating and inspirational, but in … Continue reading →

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Terra Plana put their reputation behind Proprioception

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Paul Davis

I’ve spent quite a bit of time with Terra Plana recently and had some friendly debates with their consultant Lee Saxby. To their credit Terra Plana have put a lot of effort into cutting through some of the vagueness and … Continue reading →

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