New Balance NB Minimus Life Give Away!

The NB Minimus Life Winner is jracecar! (3/7/2011)

JRaceCar's caption - I admit that I was wrong about you, airshoes. [Editor's comment: note the razor blades and bubble wrap -- interesting photo and I think the NB Minimus Lifes are going to a deserving pair of feet!]

Jracecar or "Adam" had a bit more to say about his photo:

The photo came from me finding the worst example of a running shoe that I owned and attempting to indicate a break from that part of my life. I paint pictures on occasion, and when I do I often use razor blades to apply and remove paint. So that is oil paint on the blades I had leftover from a recent project. The bubble wrap is just something that was in the art space, and promised a much more relevant and interesting texture than the basement carpet that was the alternative.

Very cool, and congratulations Adam!

We received more than 165 submissions (though those received after the 165 came after the drawing cutoff time!).  Each photo was submitted with a description or tag that describes the shoes being submitted.  Some great, fascinating submissions below—which ones are your favorites?  Vote by name in the comments and we'll elevate the best below.  Here's one to kick it off:

Andrei

Lindsay

Todd

More Pics after the jump!

(mouse over for description, click to zoom)

Paul	rNc	John	Todd	Angga
Michael	Simon	Janice	Jerrica	Nora
Karolina	Ben	Joey	Jody	Chad
Adam	Dean	Kevin	Alex	William
Ryan	Nathaly	Mike	John	Claude
Atilla	David	JB	TW	JV
Matt	Marc	Jen	Andrew	Peter
Todd	Christor	Scott	Nick	Bob
Alexander	Paulina	Matthew	Joe	Joseph
Paul	Andreas S.	Deacon	Debra	Chris
Jeff	Willie	Dalton	EricP	Bill
Nathan	Erin	Dan	Syed	TB
RT	JQ	TZ	SF	Ioanna
Cody	Alice	Arnoud	GFM	DG
Patrick	Woody	AWO	Elizabeth	MikeV
Steven	WMC	Nate	SN	JG
MH	SC	TJ	LAH	Shanon
Robb	WTP	Armon	Rodney	DS
JBR	Lindsay	jracecar	Spencer	SP
Jen	KC	DP	Corey	Shane
Levi	Dave	Clyde	FRY	CS
Johnny5	Jamie	JDI	Rodger	Jenny
James	Anthony	JM	Kenneth	Ben
AO	Austin	Howell	Jon	JS
Jacob	DC	Chase	Greg	Bryan
MCW	JosephG	DK	Marty	SJ
Mark	Ron	JamesS	AH	JoeS
Jesse	JC	Alan	ScottN	Jeremy
Man0000	MikeD	Ed	Regan	LH
Jason	Joshua	DA	Aaron	CV
Albert	CJ	Jim	JH	Rich
EDR	BC	GB	Tony	Lee
Andrei	Daniel	Ken	CM	JN

Win a FREE pair of the new New Balance NB Minimus Life shoes by entering our drawing! The random drawing will be held next Monday, March 7th. To enter, send us a picture of your last shoes before you went minimalist or any picture of shoes that need an upgrade. We will publish the pictures and a description of the shoes in this post as they arrive.

Here is what you need to do to be entered in the drawing:

• Take a photo of your old shoes.
• Write one sentence about your old shoes (Perhaps why you liked them or why you replaced them).
• Send the picture, description, and your first name or initials to lifegiveaway@birthdayshoes.com from an email address where we can notify you if you win!

Be creative! You can be in the picture and be wearing the shoes if you like though the shoes should be easy to see. Write whatever you feel needs to be said about your old shoes.  Note that accepted submissions will be posted below though names of submitters will be be limited to first name or initials.  Your email address will not be used for any other purpose other than this contest!  Rest assured! Pictures will be posted daily, or when I get around to it. The winner will be notified next Monday at the email provided and we will collect the information on where to ship the shoes at that time.

Cutoff Time: All pictures must be received by 8:00 PM (Eastern Time) Sunday, March 6th. The winner will be announced around noon on Monday, March 7th.

Big thanks to the folks at New Balance for sponsoring this event!

Disclaimer: We reserve the right to reject any entries we feel inappropriate.