Navi Mumbai Barefoot Half Marathon - 2011

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India, Kenya & Cricket - I

India is the world cricket champion

Kenya was

never in the

picture

Till recentl

y

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India, Kenya & Cricket - IINow Kenya plays ODI

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India, Kenya & Running - I

In Running

KenyansAre World Champions

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India, Kenya & Running - II

Shouldn’t Indians m

ount

a challenge th

ere?

How?

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Mumbai Marathon Winners

Overall Men Indians Psn.

1 GIRMA ASSEFA ETH 2:09:54 1 B LYNGKHOI 20 2:21:16

2 BOTOR WOLDE ETH 2:09:57 2 ANGAD KUMAR 22 2:24:32

3 PATRICK MURIUKI KEN 2:10:00 3 RAM SINGH YADAV 24 2:25:33

Problem is, Kenyans are much faster in a

Full Marathon

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Opportunities lie in Half Marathons.

KL H K B’kok Utah Florida Seattle Mumbai

1 Ken 1:09:34 HK 1:07:14 Ken 1:09:44 US 1:08:51 US 1:05:35 Aus 1:04:55 Ind 1:04:452 Ken 1:10:02 HK 1:09:05 Ken 1:10:13 US 1:10:28 US 1:05:51 US 1:05:04 Ind 1:05:043 Sin 1:10:22 US 1:13:18 Ken 1:11:38 US 1:10:37 US 1:08:45 US 1:05:27 Ind 1:05:32

Indian Coaches

opine Running Barefoot

We can be even faster

Analyse Finish times of the winners in

each of the half marathons

While India

was 1:04:45,

the closest,

Seattle was

1:04:55In

dian

s bea

t eve

n

Keny

ans h

ere

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Mission BAREFOOT

Barefoot Runners of India Foundation www.BarefootRunnersIndia.org

8Barefoot Runners of India Foundation

www.BarefootRunnersIndia.org

Millions of non-degradable Running shoes

Is there a Green alternative?

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Is there a less injurious alternative?Barefoot Runners of India Foundation


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$ 110

$ 220


$ 330$ 330

Is there a cheaper alternative?

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Go Barefoot!


“When my runners train

barefoot, they run faster and

suffer fewer injuries.”

Vin Lananna,

head-coach, Stanford

University

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Lets not forget our origins…

Both never wore NIKEs

Antelopes could sprint

only short distances

But hunters ran long distances, finally spearing the fatigued animals


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Bowerman

Shod for half a century…In 1964

Since then

no one looked

back

Introduced Running Shoes


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Ball Strike Vs Heel Strike - Lieberman

Till Prof Lieberman of Harvard

University eulogised barefoot

running in 2009


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And McDougall wrote his best-seller


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But the Barefoot story started long ago

Do you know who was the first BAREFOOT RUNNER in recorded history


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His name was Pheidippedes

…The father of all marathon races

2500 years ago, he ran from Marathon to Athens…


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Zola Budd

Others followed later…Abebe Bikila

Bruce Tulloh

Barefoot Ken

Tegla Loroupe


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Finally, Barefoot Ted galvanised the scene


2009

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Still, the Jury is out

“Born to Run" author McDougall concluded :

“Running shoes may be the most destructive force to ever hit the human foot."

But podiatric groups haven't taken a stand on barefoot running. Because evidence is lacking.There are no definitive conclusions.


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If test of the pudding is in eating..


Navi Mumbai, India, 12 Dec 2010:306 runners ran a half marathon, all barefoot. Many ran barefoot first time

Not a single injury reported

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Setting A Guinness World Record


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The Record will now be brokenOn 6TH Nov 2011, 1000 will run barefoot

With Barefoot Ted,Brand Ambassador,in lead


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Rallying Point for Barefoot Community

Focus on these 1000+ runners


With expected finish times between 1:04 to 1:05

Running an AIMS certified half

marathon course

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The winners could be made to compete

BAREFOOTTo Run & Win

WINNER TIMES(Half marathons in 2010-11)

Utah: 1:08:51 Florida: 1:05:35Seattle: 1:04:55Mumbai: 1:04:45

In half marathons around the

world


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What will that achieve?

Breaking News!!!

Barefoot runners win

Half marathons


We could hit it BIG

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A Boost to the Barefoot Movement


Barefooting is now an individual passion

Mass Victories would take it mainstre

am

Barefoot victories could electrify the scene

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Come, join the run


Give the barefoot movement a boost by joining

A unique half marathon to run

barefoot or in minimals

RUN !APPLAUD !!

CHEER !!!

There’s also a 10K minimalist shoe run

Navi Mumbai Barefoot Half Marathon,

6th November, 2011

Create another Guinness World

Record !!

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You could be an individual / corporate / group

D o n a t e a n y a m o u n ti n m u l ti p l e s o f $ 5 0 / R s . 5 0 0

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