There has been a lot of either barefoot running and/or Vibram Five Fingers news over the past few days, and I wanted to highlight this press for anyone who hasn’t already seen it mentioned somewhere:
- The Los Angeles Times’ Tips on Barefoot Running — Covers some important things to remember for new barefoot runners—tips provided by barefoot running legend “Barefoot Ken Bob” (a.k.a. Ken Saxton of runningbarefoot.org) (Note: Article was taken down for unknown reasons).
- The San Francisco Chronicle‘s Vibram’s FiveFingers foot gloves runaway hit — A round-up covering the growing popularity of our favorite footwear. Article talks about stores selling out of VFFs and also mentions the importance of starting slow and not heel-striking!
- The New York Times‘ The Roving Runner Goes Barefoot — Brian Fidelman, the “Roving Runner,” goes for a barefoot run in Central Park with Christopher McDougall, the de facto spokesman now for both joyful and injury-free running as well as running barefoot. At this point, if you haven’t heard of or read McDougall’s Born to Run, you’d have to be living in a cave.
Fidelman’s article is a great read. Be sure to watch the video portion!
No doubt this new wave of FiveFingers-friendly news coverage will unleash another wave of VFFers!
