You can jump around on this post (as it’s a bit long) via these links or the pagination/navigation below:
- Friday night
- Saturday discussion on the barefoot running movement
- Saturday night — video of Chris McDougall’s Q&A, Lee Saxby, and Jason Robillard
- The barefoot race!
- Post race wrap-up and more info
Saturday Night — Merrell Barefoot Party
Saturday night was full of wonderful speakers like Michael Sandler of RunBare, running coach Lee Saxby, Jason Robillard, Daniel Lieberman (more on him later), and, of course, Christopher McDougall. I managed to capture some video of Jason, Lee, and mostly Chris — if you’ve got about 20 minutes, you can listen to all three here:
I caught probably 90% of McDougall’s Q&A session in the above video before my memory card ran out (sorry!). Anyone else dying to know what McDougall’s got up his sleeve in early November? McDougall’s next book is the subject of a lot of interest, but his lips are completely sealed on the subject. I’ve got a hunch (that I’ll keep to myself) as to what it’ll be but for now we just have to wait. Also, sounds like the Born to Run movie will begin filming in 2012.
After his talk, I got to catch up with Christopher McDougall. Guy really is a giant (literally tall) and incredibly gracious as basically a celebrity.
As the night wore on, so did the free booze and I ultimately shared a cab back to the hotel with Tuck, the knowledgeable Curt Munson, and Chris and called it a night.
7 replies on “NYC Barefoot Run 2011 Recap”
Good to meet you last weekend bro! Happy to see you had a good time. Be glad you didn’t have as much “fun” as us. I’m still in recovery mode.
Since Sashen’s flowing locks aren’t an option, I wonder if I should go bald too. Maybe next year. Great meeting you!
Wow, great post, Justin.
For those who couldn’t make it: you missed a terrific weekend. Make sure you get there next year.
I’d shave my head to be part of the hip crowd, but my wife told me that if I did, she’d stop sleeping with me… so that’s not going to happen.
IT was awesome. Sorry I did not get to meet you Justin.
After meeting all the greats and making new friends I came back motivated to start up a Rhode Island Chapter.
MY previous PR was 13 miles, I came back and this week did a 16 then a glorious 26.2 miles in 4:14 all barefoot. Best part is no soreness, no issues other than the usual bit of tenderness on the soles.
Now 3 days later, I went out and did a nice 3 miler feeling great.
See you next year!
Barefootin’ the way we were meant to be…
Hey Justin,
I bummed we didn’t get a chance to chat or did we? I was pretty buzzed most of the time 🙂 Anyway here’s my recap of the event and my time in New York.
http://bourbonfeet.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-york-city-barefoot-run-2011.html
Ah, finally got a chance to write about this great weekend, you can find the story on my blog at http://ivanolarte.com/2011/10/12/nyc-barefoot-run-2011-a-life-changing-weekend/