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Sharing the amazing journey back to health from my barefoot and sandal running friend Randy Kreill. I got to share some beautiful trails with Randy in Yellow Springs Ohio on a recent USAF trip. Randy and I have civil discussions on diet. He is all plant and I add some bacon. I wish the rest of the health care world would respect each other too on this topic. Barefoot and Minimal runners at the heart of it are cut from the same cloth. Randy has not had a running injury in 6 years, and he runs some crazy distances on gnarly trails.
Enjoy Randy’s story.
Born in ’62, I’m thrilled to have run over forty ultra-marathons over the past seven years, including several 100-mile foot races in huaraches and no socks. I’ve been able to adopt the traditional best habits of the Tarahumara with good results and seek to help others learn from this “experiment”. Gandhi is credited with saying, “Live simply, so others can simply live”. The Tarahumara effectively do this via subsistence farming, consuming mostly plant-based foods, their cooperative culture and a lifelong habit of running and walking at all ages for great distances in sandals with flat outsoles. As a full time, parent in Ohio, I’ve been able to replicate these simple ideas and show how effective they are. Xero Shoes is about living simply. We are Born to Run.
To continue reading, please visit: http://naturalrunningcenter.com/2017/03/22/journey-cancer-minimalist-ultra-runner/
“Go! I am sending you out …do not take sandals.” ~Jesus
“What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize that the foot is more noble than the shoe?” ~Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.” ~Leonardo da Vinci
“How one runs probably is more important than what is on one’s feet, but what is on one’s feet may affect how one runs.” ~Dr. Daniel Lieberman
“Barefoot is the default.” ~Bare Lee
“Shoes do no more for the foot than a hat does for the brain.” ~Dr. Mercer Rang
“Running Nike Free 0.0” ~me
My Posterity Footprint
I leave my footprint for you to see
the damage that shoes did to me.
My feet are no longer nice and wide
but narrow and cramped in shoes they hide.
No longer are my feet healthy and free
but diseased and sick, they bother me.
Take this as a lesson, so you may too
not be fooled into thinking shoes rule.
This is what society did to me.
I leave my footprint for the world to see. ~me
Confessions of a Post Cancer Bare Toes Minimalist Vegan Virgo Ultra Runner. –
Randy Kreill – BRFT VGN RNNR (randykreill-brftvgnrnnr.com)
Beavercreek cancer survivor runs 100+ miles [minimalist] to raise money –
Here’s how he did it | Barefoot Runners Society (the barefoot runners.org)
CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS
Cancer diagnosis leads man to develop healthy lifestyle
Former sales executive follows a plant-based diet.
Dayton Daily News
25 Aug 2022
By Beth Anspach
Kreill had been a runner as a young man but gave it up after experiencing foot and ankle pain. He renewed his passion for running by changing his footwear and his form. He is shown wearing his Xero Shoes sandals at the Tye Kye 50 K in Yellow Springs in May of 2022. He was 59 years old.Unlike heart disease, which experts say is almost 80% preventable through lifestyle changes, some cancer occurrences are often not related to any particular cause. But Randy Kreill of Beavercreek, decided he wanted to have more control over his future, when a cancer diagnosis in 2004 turned his world upside down.
After graduating from Wright State University in 1984 with a degree in marketing, Kreill began to build his career, beginning with a stint in subscription sales with the Dayton Daily News and eventually becoming a successful account executive.
“I resigned in January of 2003 to raise my three daughters full time,” Kreill said.
“Then the next year, I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of thyroid cancer.”
When his grandfather passed away, Kreill fell ill shortly after the funeral.
Thinking it was a sinus infection, he dismissed it as nothing serious until his daughter noticed a lump in his neck near his collarbone.
“I went to get an X-ray and it turned out I had a very large goiter in my neck,” Kreill said. “I was having panic attacks and losing sleep.”
Before surgery to remove the growth, doctors told Kreill they were almost certain
it was benign. But afterwards, a biopsy revealed cancer. After a second surgery,
Kreill began heavy doses of radiation. Treatments continued over the next year.
“I came away from that knowing that cancer patients are more likely to have future cancers,” Kreill said. “I became very focused on what might have been the root cause.”
At 70 pounds overweight and suffering from foot pain, Kreill started to research cancer and potential causes. Why were certain people less prone to getting cancer?
“My vision had been getting poor and I had low energy,” Kreill said.
“My cholesterol was also very high, and I really wanted to get off all my meds after my cancer. But I kept failing.” Kreill’s research eventually led him to plant-based diets — a way of eating that does not include animal products. In December of 2010, he converted his diet to 100% plant-based. After three months, his cholesterol dropped and continued to stay low.
“I flushed all my pills down the toilet and devoted myself to my new plant-based lifestyle.”
The year prior, Kreill had started working on weight loss and decided to start running again, after giving it up years before. Also in 2009, he participated in the United States Air Force Marathon but said he barely crossed the finish line, limping in on one leg and in great pain.
While visiting a shoe shop in Xenia, Kreill noticed the book “Born to Run” by Christopher McDougal, that he calls life changing. In the book, the author sets out to answer one question: “Why does my foot hurt?”
“I got my own copy at the bookstore, and it just resonated with me,” Kreill said.
“It’s about an outdoor athlete who was always in pain as a runner.”
Kreill learned that the reclusive Tarahumara Indians living in the Copper Canyons in Mexico, ran hundreds of miles wearing homemade sandals.
It also turned out that the Tarahumara diet is 90% plant based.
“These people never stop running their whole lives,” Kreill said.
“They have guys in their 90s who can run long distances on tough trail conditions.
They have no heart disease or cancer and no depression or diabetes.”
Still a full-time dad living in Beavercreek, Kreill decided to adopt Tarahumara’s best habits, including researching where he could get similar huarache style sandals.
He found them at an online company called Xero Shoes.
“My life changed again when I bought these crazy looking sandals,” Kreill said.
“I had to put them together and figure out how to lace them the best way.”
The Xero Shoes DIY sandal, originally called “Invisible Shoes.”
Is what Kreill ordered and, after perfecting his lacing technique, he created a video, uploaded it to YouTube and ended up with close to 2,900 subscribers. And on his 50th birthday — Aug. 25, 2012 — he participated in a Triathlon at Caesar Creek State Park, running a full marathon in his new “invisible shoes.” “Wearing the sandals is a constant reminder to pick up my feet,” Kreill said. “I’ve learned how to run properly and use my core.”
On July 30 of this year, Kreill completed his 79th race at the age of 59, completing
100 miles in just under 30 hours. To date he has finished 24 100-mile races. And today,
as he celebrates 60 years of life, Kreill is healthy and pain free. And extremely grateful.
Grateful that he and his wife, Megan can run together and continue spending quality time with daughters Lindsay, now 24, Emma, 22 and Arin, 20.
“At the age of 42, I wondered if I’d be around to see my girls grow up,” Kreill said.
“Cancer shook me to the core, but the lifestyle changes flipped a switch from a life drifting by and based on fear, to a life of faith, hope, joy and adventure.”
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Alison Jefferies, MEd and Lorenzo Cohen, PhD,
6 Lifestyle Changes to Improve Your Cancer Care
Lorenzo Cohen, PhD, is the Richard E. Haynes Distinguished Professor in Clinical Cancer Prevention and Director of the Integrative Medicine Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
You can follow him on Twitter @DrLCohen. Alison Jefferies, MEd, has degrees in
both art history and education and a master’s degree in educational psychology.
Cohen and Jefferies are coauthors of Anticancer Living: Transform Your Life and Health with the Mix of Six. How we live can have profound effects on our health and wellness.
This also applies for people who have cancer.
A healthy lifestyle can support cancer treatments and help you feel better.
It may also improve your long-term health.
Healthy living means making positive behavior changes as part of an ongoing, life-long process. To choose areas for improvement, we recommend focusing on these 6 pillars, which we call the “Mix of Six.”
Each supports the other, and the synergy of all 6 leads to the most success.
1. Accept practical and emotional support
Having a network of supportive people is very beneficial for your health, especially emotional support. Studies have compared people with cancer who had the most and
least social support. Those with the most social support had better quality of life and
lived longer.
Here are some suggestions for building a support system:
Ask for help or for a listening ear. People often want to help but don’t know how.
So, make your requests specific. Join a support group.
Sharing with others who have similar experiences may help you cope.
Support others. This creates a healthy cycle of give and take.
2. Manage stress
Reducing your stress level can help you maintain your physical and mental health.
Here are a few tips to manage stress:
Use relaxation techniques, such as guided imagery, meditation, and yoga.
Find small periods of time to meditate or reflect throughout the day.
This can include taking a moment to be mindful while washing your hands,
brushing your teeth or waiting at a stoplight.
It can be helpful to set aside 20 minutes or more per day for stress management practices.
3. Get enough sleep
Try for 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night. This improves your health,
coping ability, mood, weight control, memory and attention, and more.
Set a bedtime and stick to it. Keep weekday and weekend bedtimes similar.
Try to have your bedroom as dark as possible.
Keep the bedroom temperature cool.
Avoid screen time before bed. This includes time spent on TV, smartphones,
and backlit tablets. Avoid stimulants like caffeine, alcohol, and sugar.
4. Exercise regularly
Exercise during and after cancer treatment. This can help reduce fatigue, weight gain,
and loss of strength. In addition to regular exercise, try to avoid sitting or lying down for long periods.
Here are some fitness tips:
Develop a fitness routine that is safe for you.
Include aerobic activity. This gets your heart pumping.
Include strength exercise, too.
Find ways to walk when you would normally be sitting.
Break up your sitting time by standing up every hour.
Engage in short bursts of exercise throughout your day.
Incorporate physical activity into family events, time with friends, and trips.
Be sure to talk to your health care team about developing an exercise plan that
is safe and appropriate for you. Read more exercise content on the Cancer.Net Blog.
5. Eat well
A healthy diet can help you manage cancer side effects, recover quicker, and improve health. It may also lower your future risk of cancer. Here are our tips to help you develop healthy eating habits:
Include an assortment of vegetables in every meal.
Vegetables should be the centerpiece of your meal, not just a side dish.
Eat foods high in fiber. These include whole grains, beans, peas, lentils, nuts, and seeds.
Include probiotic and prebiotic foods to support a healthy gut. Probiotic foods include yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut or other fermented vegetables, miso, pickles, tempeh, kimchi, kombucha. Prebiotic foods are high-fiber foods and include chicory root, Jerusalem artichoke, dandelion greens, raw garlic, raw leeks, raw or cooked onion, raw jicama, and legumes and beans.
Choose less red meat, like beef, pork, lamb, goat, veal, and bison, and more fish, poultry, and plant-based proteins, such as beans.
Avoid processed meats, such as sandwich meats, hot dogs, sausages, bacon, and salami.
Include omega-3 and monounsaturated fats in your daily diet. Good sources include olive and canola oil, olives, walnuts, chia seeds, flaxseed, and avocado. Coldwater fish, like salmon, trout, halibut, and tuna, are good sources of these healthy fats.
Eat smaller portion sizes.
An easy way to start is to use smaller plates and bowls when you eat.
Learn to identify when you feel hungry and when you are full. Sometimes, our bodies mistake thirst for hunger.
Try drinking water first if you are feeling hungry outside of a mealtime.
Avoid high-calorie, low-nutrient foods. These include sodas, fruit-flavored drinks, candy, and sweets.
Choose fruit or dark chocolate in small portions as alternatives to sweets.
Eat less refined “white” foods. These include white bread, white sugar, and white rice.
These foods are processed in a way that removes fiber, vitamins, and minerals.
Limit alcohol. Men shouldn’t have more than 2 alcoholic drinks per day.
Women shouldn’t drink more than 1 alcoholic drink per day.
Alcohol “Free” 20 Years and 9 Years of Ultra Running. –
Randy Kreill – BRFT VGN RNNR (randykreill-brftvgnrnnr.com)
If you are receiving cancer treatment, it is important to work with a registered dietitian nutritionist with a specialization in oncology to develop a safe eating plan for you.
6. Avoid environmental toxins
Limit your exposure to environmental toxins that can increase a person’s risk of cancer and other illnesses, such as tobacco smoke, asbestos, styrene (found in Styrofoam), formaldehyde, and tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene; “dry cleaning fluid”),
to name a few.
7. Randy Kreill on the Joy of Running Ultramarathons – Running Lean with Patrick McGilvray (runningleanpodcast.com)
Ep. 27 : Randy Kreill – Running Barefoot | The Ultramarathon Mindset: Trail Talk (simplecast.com)
Randy Kreill – Running Barefoot Podcast (ericdeeter.com)
Randy Kreill (@randykreill) • Instagram photos and videos
Randy Kreill Race Results – UltraRunning Magazine
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In pursuing the mental side of endurance, Jurek uncovers the most important secrets any runner can learn.”—Amby Burfoot, author of The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life For nearly two decades, Scott Jurek has been a dominant force—and darling—in the grueling and growing sport of ultrarunning. Until recently he held the American 24-hour record, and he was one of the elite runners profiled in the runaway bestseller Born to Run. In Eat and Run, Jurek opens up about his life and career as a champion athlete with a plant-based diet and inspires runners at every level.
From his Midwestern childhood hunting, fishing, and cooking for his meat-and-potatoes family to his slow transition to ultrarunning and veganism, Scott’s story shows the power of an iron will and blows apart the stereotypes of what athletes should eat to fuel optimal performance.
Full of stories of competition as well as science and practical advice—including his own recipes—Eat and Run will motivate readers and expand their food horizons.
“Jurek’s story and ideas should easily manage to speak to and cheer on anyone seeking to live life as fully as possible.”—Denver Post “
A shockingly honest, revealing, and inspiring memoir.”—Trail Runner
Book Review – Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness –
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