"Ditch the FiveFingers and run on your bare feet. That's the best way to learn. I take my FiveFingers with me, just in case I run into nasty terrain, but do my running truly barefoot. Not that I'm already very good at it, but I'm taking it slow.…"

"I'm going to start the Couch-to-5K program soon just to learn how to run in my Vibrams (I'm already a runner).

I have the Classic model. It will probably be cold in the winter, so I'm considering getting the special toe socks or just cutting the…"

"Just did a 10K race in my home town of Breda. It's a big event, about 9000 runners total, so very crowded. My stopwatch stopped working halfway through, and the final results aren't up yet, but I think it took me about 58 minutes. I'm very pleased…"

"One huge papaya."

"Sounds like you're doing great, Rob!

Are you working towards "competing" in a race? That really helped me focus and stay on track when I started running again. My goal was to do 7.5 k in 45 minutes and it took me about 9 months to get there (from…"

"I'm currently doing http://hundredpushups.com/ -- it's free."

"Calf workout indeed! I've had them for a few weeks now and I still can only run about 10 minutes a time in them. At least they're very fast 10 minutes because the Vibrams make me run much faster than regular running shoes. ;-)"

"I read this article a while back where they calculated that if you take all human beings and give them reasonable personal space that is comparable (or even slightly better) than in huge cities like Tokyo, you could fit everyone in a space similar…"

"I was going to suggest "Get Your Fruit On!" but apparently that was also an ad campaign by Tropicana: http://www.tropicana.com/#/trop_home/home.swf?/trop_getyourfruiton/...

But I like "Go Fruit Yourself!" very much too. So count my vote for that…"

"Hi Via,

I'm not coming over to camp in your garden (although it sounds like fun), but I think it's really cool that you're doing a half marathon. It's one of my goals too! :-)"