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BirthdayShoes.com Vibram Five Fingers Forum > Barefoot Activities > VFF, Barefoot, or Natural Running Discussion > First Full Marathon in my Vibram Bikilas and Shook Presidents Bush's hand too.
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« on: January 18, 2012, 02:45:57 AM »
Just finished the Houston marathon this past Sunday and although I had reservations about running the 26.2 miles in my Vibrams I decided to go ahead and do it. I ended up getting a PR! Here's my Race report: http://keepingthepace1.blogspot.com/2012/01/houston-chevron-marathon-2012-race.html

Here's my GoPro videos fully edited:
Part I: http://youtu.be/on4dlCX78Uk
Part II: http://youtu.be/f83I_omW7zY
Part III: http://youtu.be/MWvvVqxE2IY
Part IV: http://youtu.be/VPc2GbCHLaQ
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« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2012, 07:52:12 AM »
That's awesome!  Congrats!  Overall, how did that GoPro work for you?  And are you feeling any after-effects in your feet?  Just soreness, but no pain?
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« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2012, 05:52:38 PM »
Congrats on your PR!  I really enjoyed your report.
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2012, 05:54:44 PM »
Congrats that's awesome.  I am only about 25.7 miles away from completing a marathon.  ahhh... the joys of being in week 2 of runningin vibrams and reading about people running marathons.  lol
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« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2012, 03:14:03 PM »
Thanks guys. My feet were fine afterwards they were sore but after a day they were fine.  I went running the day after for a recovery run and now all the soreness is pretty much gone. Although I did notice in some of the pics that I may have been heel striking a bit towards the end when my form went to crap. The GoPro cam was awesome during the run it was like wearing a little bit oversized headlamp. I just finished editing all the video and it turned out pretty good for my first time doing that kind of stuff. You can check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/user/gokuflip?feature=watch There are four videos all about 10 minutes long but I added music and a bunch of editing so hopefully its interesting. Thanks guys for your comments.
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« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2012, 03:22:06 PM »
@Justin B: You'll get there. It took me 3 months to run a 5k 6 months for a half and just about a year for this full marathon I just did. Just take it slow and easy and really focuse on your form and landing naturally with the foot underneath your body. Once I fixed my form I no longer had blisters, walked funny in the morning when getting up, and just enjoyed my VF5s even more.
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« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2012, 10:21:36 PM »
Congrats! I'm also very far off from running even 10k BF but that's a great result. I'm a little jealous. Paitence young skywalker!  Grin
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« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2012, 11:28:01 AM »
Awesome! Great story! I am running a HM in Bikilas for the first time and hoping to set a PR as well!
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