Short Movies and Book Recommendations

Here are some incredible athletes and their performances:

• Barefoot Running Style
• Human Machine
• The Workout The World Forgot

Also, I'd like to mention some really good books to read:

• Born To Run
• Barefoot Running Step By Step
• Natural Running
• The Runner's Body

Furthermore, a short list of Magazines

• Ultrarunning
• TrailRunner

From now on, I will collect a few very good documentaries around food and nutrition

• Sugar, The Bitter Truth
• HFCS is really bad for you!
• Smells good, but gets you addicted Source: 60 Minutes So … like it or not … there might be more than we know right now and we are willing to accept.
• The Food Revolution - AHS 2011

Some interesting tidbits about our daily habits:

• Sitting is killing you
• I can not run barefoot, because… ! Really? No! You can!

Something that's not exactly Paleo, but it hit my nerve when Martin Logan posted it on twitter:

This is really bad.  I feel so sorry.

Barefoot running and what it does to me ... and maybe you too

I started to notice that when I am running barefoot, I am much more aware of my surroundings.
I don't mean the path in front of me, but the peripheral recognition of things is just going crazy on me.

So, I am up at 4am, getting ready to run the trails.  I am at the trailhead around 5am and start running.
I notice a couple of deers, about 30 feet off the trail, standing in the woods and they are eyeballing me, I looked into their direction since I had the feeling that I was being watched.  Whoa.  Really?! Two deer?

Primal Professionals needs your help!

There is now a very cool shoe that looks like a dress shoe, but it is for our stomping barefoot friends.  Go check it out and donate until it hurts!

Here is the link

Paleo Good Things to Eat (…to be continued…)

Nuts
Almonds
Cashews
Hazelnuts
Macadamia Nuts
Pecans
Pistachios
Walnuts

Seeds
sunflower seeds
pumpkin seeds

Peanuts and Paleo? Well, I am glad I've listened...

Another 5 seconds lasting search brought an interesting article to my attention: (I got hungry and wanted some nuts, so I got a bag of trail mix, which contains peanuts, … in case you're wondering why I wrote this)

This article has far more information (of the sad kind) about peanuts than I cared to find. I started to like peanuts before I switched to Paleo, but I think they are now out of the question.

The gist of it is that peanuts are of the same botanical family as beans and potatoes are ("legumes") and as such it is basically that one eats uncooked beans.  Beans and potatoes should not be eaten uncooked since they contain quite a few toxins. These toxins are destroyed when one cooks them. Still ...

Thoughts? Let me hear 'em!

Raw Nuts or Roasted Nuts?

A quick google search revealed (uhm, DuckDuckGo.com actually) that roasted nuts can become everything but beneficial to your health I found this article and thought I should share it with you. Let me know what you think about it, if you dare. Brings up another thought, though … What other foods are turning their backs on us when they are cooked/grilled/heated/boiled … you name it…? Scary!

I just found this article from the Mayo Clinic about nuts and their health benefits, too.  Interesting read.  Check out page #2 of the article, too.

The days before the Slickrock 100M Ultra Marathon in Moab, Utah

Brief Introduction:
A long time ago, just about a year ago, I figured that everyone can run, thanks to Christopher McDougall's book, "Born To Run", including myself.  So I started running barefoot and after a while I decided to raise the bar and participate in an Ultra Marathon.  I found one that was called Slickrock 100 and I really wanted to run this thing.  100 Miles distance, time to finish was set to 30 hours.  Doable.  I signed up.  I started running longer and farther I ever have in my entire life.

Initial Comment

Hi there,

I just moved into this internet cave to be able to share my thoughts, my observations and theories about Paleo Diet, Barefoot Running, Ultra Marathons and the like.  My intent is to make this as interesting and entertaining as possible and yet as scientific as needed; if we need that.

See ya!