BirthdayShoes
  • Barefoot Shoes
  • Why Toe Shoes?
  • How Many Steps
  • Stick It
  • About
Sign in Subscribe
Seret runs a Marathon in VFF Sprints and Surfs Mud while trail running in her KSOs!
How to Run in Minimalist Footwear (a.k.a. "Barefoot Shoes")

Seret runs a Marathon in VFF Sprints and Surfs Mud while trail running in her KSOs!

Hi Justin I can't believe it's almost eight months since I first bought my KSOs. In that time I've completed two marathons. One in June (which I ran in my old trainers) and one in December in my new Sprints! My finish time improved by 30 minutes.…
Read More
Justin
Barefoot Running (Or Walking) Research

You don't say! "Running Shoes May Cause Damage to Knees, Hips and Ankles"

A new study that measured and compared stresses on the joints of the leg (knees, hips, and ankles) for women runners in shod and barefoot running indicates that "running shoes exerted more stress on these joints compared to running barefoot or walking in…
Read More
Justin
Channing Tatum runs in KSO Treks (via TMZ.com)
celebrities

Channing Tatum runs in KSO Treks (via TMZ.com)

Recent G.I. Joe, She's the Man, and Stop-Loss star Channing Tatum has been spotted wearing KSO Trek Five Fingers while on his way to workout. TMZ had a video segment titled "If the shoe fits" on the VFF-sighting that aired on television on January 1…
Read More
Justin
How to Run in Minimalist Footwear (a.k.a. "Barefoot Shoes")

Anthropological perspective on the barefoot-is-better meme from Greg Downey

Greg Downey, an anthropologist in Australia, wrote an exhaustive blog post on Neuroanthropology.net titled Lose your shoes: Is barefoot better? back in late July 2009 that has just recently come to my attention.The post covers topics ranging from how…
Read More
Justin
Cody and Daryl Wall-Climb in FiveFingers
climbing

Cody and Daryl Wall-Climb in FiveFingers

Cody checks in from Washington with his latest "vff adventure." This time, he brought along a fellow VFFer, Daryl:hey its cody, i have some more pictures for you of my friend and i going free climbing in everett at vertical world! so check it out! w…
Read More
Justin
Christopher McDougall, Author of Born to Run

Christopher McDougall on Barefoot Running in Parade

If you didn't catch it, there was a short article by Christopher McDougall titled Is It Better To Be Barefoot that hit Parade magazine yesterday (link). McDougall continues to bring barefoot running to the masses by sounding the alert that heavily padde…
Read More
Justin
Jason has Fun with Flows in the Snow!
How to Run in Minimalist Footwear (a.k.a. "Barefoot Shoes")

Jason has Fun with Flows in the Snow!

Running in V5F since July and have been using Flow’s lately as the temperature dropped. Went out for a few 3-mile runs during and after the blizzard that hit the east coast before Christmas. My Flow’s did a much better job than I expected. Without any…
Read More
Justin
Ryan Travels the World in Flows, KSOs, and Mocs!
travel

Ryan Travels the World in Flows, KSOs, and Mocs!

The above photos came in from Ryan, who has been taking his VFF collection on the road (or in the air) as he's traveled to India, Hawaii, and gone on an ocean cruise! Here's a bit more:Greetings, Justin!I've had the pleasure of taking my VFFs to…
Read More
Justin
General

New site feature: Birthday Shoes polls!

I've long wanted to add a polling feature to the main blog* and I'm happy to announce that it's now active: you can vote on the current poll, which I anticipate updating weekly, on right rightmost column of the blog. I hope to use this feature to help a…
Read More
Justin
VFFs for Christmas!
User Stories

VFFs for Christmas!

It seems a number of "nice" boys and girls got the Christmas gift of free feet from Santa this year! Above at the top of the collage is Sandra sporting her new Sprint Five Fingers:Here's a photo of my Christmas present VFF's! At first I was morti…
Read More
Justin
interview

Nick Jones podcast on BirthdayShoes

Nick Jones over at Prestige Broadcasting asked me to participate in a podcast covering Vibram FiveFingers and BirthdayShoes.com and I was happy to oblige.You can listen to the podcast here:Thanks for having me on the show, Nick! Enjoyed it g…
Read More
Justin
Chad's Thunder Road Marathon in KSO Treks
How to Run in Minimalist Footwear (a.k.a. "Barefoot Shoes")

Chad's Thunder Road Marathon in KSO Treks

Got an update from Chad Randolph (twitter) who just ran the Thunder Road marathon in Charlotte in his KSO Treks (plus two layers of Injinji socks!).You might recall Chad shared his initial thoughts, which were mixed, on the KSO Treks here.Here's…
Read More
Justin
BirthdayShoes © 2025
  • Sign up
Powered by Ghost