Author: Justin

Justin Owings is a deadlifting dad of three, working from Atlanta. When he's not chasing his three kids around, you'll find him trying to understand systems, risk, and human behavior.

Barefoot Runners Society Atlanta Trail Run — Lots of Vibram Five Fingers (and a few bare feet!)

Check out this motley crew of barefoot and minimally shod (Vibram Five Fingers) runners, as organized for a trail run at Lullwater Park here in Atlanta, Georgia (BirthdayShoes headquarters) by the Barefoot Runners Society. Note the President of the BRS i
Check out this motley crew of barefoot and minimally shod (Vibram Five Fingers) runners, as organized for a trail run at Lullwater Park here in Atlanta, Georgia (BirthdayShoes headquarters) by the Barefoot Runners Society. Note the President of the BRS is T.J. (the shorty in the group!). The bright glow emanating from the left of the photo isn't an optical illusion: it's merely my hairless head!

Photos from a recent barefoot runners society meet-up trail run at Lullwater Park near Emory University in Atlanta.

Weekend Link Love 4/18/10

Weekend Link Love including a happy birthday to the site after it’s first year of existence. Discusses recent changes to birthdayshoes.com. Link Love covers Danny Glover being arrested in VFFs, patching a tear, and more!

How much Shoe can you Tolerate? Are you Blessed enough to Run Pain- or Injury-Free in Shoes?

A visual depiction showing the correlation between distance ran with incidence of pain or injury. Graph on the left depicts a blessed runner; graph on right a cursed runner. The graph is (if it's not clear) a bit tongue-in-cheek (unscientific!), but is
A visual depiction showing the correlation between distance ran with incidence of pain or injury. Graph on the left depicts a blessed runner; graph on right a cursed runner. The graph is (if it's not clear) a bit tongue-in-cheek (unscientific!), but is intended to illustrate the spectrum of runners: some runners can run long distances in a lot of shoe without pain; others can't. Some have to run even short distances barefoot in order to dial in their form.

A visual depiction and discussion of how running without pain or injury correlates to distance, and how one’s ability to run distance without pain in different shoes can make you a blessed runner biomechanically or a cursed runner.

The Vibram Five Fingers Bikila has Landed!

BREAKING NEWS! I have gotten word from the good people at CitySports that the Vibram Five Fingers Bikila has landed!Specifically, the City Sports on Boylston Street — the same one where the barefoot running clinic will be held Saturday —…

Vibram Five Fingers Fan Stories — a list of everything fans are doing in their Vibrams!

A full listing of Vibram Five Fingers fan user stories as documented through photos and firsthand accounts on BirthdayShoes.com. If you think about it, chances are it’s been done in Vibrams!

The Guide to Spotting Fake/Counterfeit Vibram Five Fingers

A collage of many of the common fake Five Fingers that are out there available for sale over the Internet.
A collage of many of the common fake Five Fingers that are out there available for sale over the Internet.

I have some bad news: there are Fake, non-Vibram Five Fingers at large masquerading as our favorite five-toed shoes. These pirated copies are duping would-be VFF fans into buying low quality, black market goods, sometimes at pretty high prices. Buy…

Weekend Link Love 4/11/2010

This week’s latest Vibram Five Fingers fan installment of link love includes a couple announcements about upcoming barefoot running events, a celebrity sighting (Jorge Garcia of LOST), and more!

Slacklining in Vibram Five Fingers Sprints

Vibram Five Fingers fan Morgan demonstrates slacklining in his red and black Sprint Vibrams. Keep that balance!
Vibram Five Fingers fan Morgan demonstrates slacklining in his red and black Sprint Vibrams. Keep that balance!

Vibram Five Fingers Sprint fan Morgan talks about slacklining in his favorite five toed shoes. He’s put over 1,000 miles on his pair of red and black Sprints and done everything in them, including gone barefoot skiing!

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Barefoot Shoes

Classic Vibram Five Fingers — the Definitive Guide to the Original Barefoot Shoe

A pile of the open-topped Classic Vibram Five Fingers, the original "barefoot shoe" from Vibram and the most minimal, outdoor-use VFF available.
A pile of the open-topped Classic Vibram Five Fingers, the original "barefoot shoe" from Vibram and the most minimal, outdoor-use VFF available.

The Definitive Guide to the Vibram Five Fingers Classic, the original, open-topped five-toed barefoot shoe from Vibram that is used for running, walking, weight lifting, and many other everyday, casual applications.

Weekend Link Love 4/4/10

This week’s linklove we see some new fans, a VFF long-term (ongoing) experiment, and some great Vibram Five Fingers fan videos!