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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…

Cody and Daryl Wall-Climb in FiveFingers

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

VFFs for Christmas!

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…

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…

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…

Latest Vibram Five Fingers Reviews 12/20/09

This week's lastest V5F reviews includes one from Boris, who reviews the elusive and discontinued Fi

Will Reminisces on Warmer Times in VFF Sprints

Justin,I was poking through some of my photos on Flickr and came across the attached shot from S

Aquathlons and Vibram Five Fingers (KSO Treks and Sprints)

How to Run in Minimalist Footwear (a.k.a. "Barefoot Shoes")

Aquathlons and Vibram Five Fingers (KSO Treks and Sprints)

Vibram Five Fingers fan sends in photos of him running in an Aquathlon.