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Eric's first trail run in KSO 5 Fingers in Houston

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

Eric's first trail run in KSO 5 Fingers in Houston

Justin - Love the site. Got my V5s for christmas after my wife wouldn't let me open them for weeks. I'd been running barefoot in the gym on the indoor track for a few weeks getting ready. Took them out for a 5K on Christmas day, came back with the…

Travis hikes Loan Peak in Northern Utah (11K feet up) in his KSO FiveFingers

Travis hikes Loan Peak in Northern Utah (11K feet up) in his KSO FiveFingers

Justin, Having been an admirer of birthdayshoes.com for some time, I finally found a VFF pic from this summer that I wanted to share. On the 4th of July 2009, my brother and I hiked Lone Peak in the Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah. At 11,253 fee…

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.…

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…

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

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…

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…