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Toe Shoes in Galapagos!

While on an amazing school trip to ecuador and the galapagos islands I sported my Bikilas for many different activities. Hiking, walking on beaches, wading through streams in the cloud forest of ecuador, walking across lava fields, boating, sunbathing,…

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10 Marathons. 10 Days. In 10 Toed Shoes.

In less than 24 hours, Robert Dallison is to run a marathon — one of ten marathons he’ll be doing on ten consecutive days. And he’s going to be doing it in Bikila FiveFingers*. The race is the Brathay 10 in 10 — here’s a bit more about the…

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Senior Year: Through the Feet of a FiveFingers Wearer

Today’s user submitted story was an entire year in the making. It comes to us from Daniel Vu (or DVu for short as his friends call him) out of the Seattle Washington area. Daniel was a senior at Mercer Island High School and is an avid cross country…

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An Infantryman’s Leave: Dunes and Mountain Trekking in Foot Fingers

Hello fellow “foot fingers” I would just like share what I did in my FiveFingers while I was on block leave.

The first picture (Bham) is just me in my home town Birmingham, Alabama playing around at a mini golf course “Roll Tide”.

My second pictur…

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FiveFingers for Dancing the Night Away at Senior Prom

Spencer writes in about his recent senior prom experience in Vibram FiveFingers!Me and my Girlfriend’s family all love FiveFingers! I have two pairs, Black VFF’s and Gray/green Bikila’s. We wear them everyday! This year for my senior prom at Gran…

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Vibram FiveFingers Bikila and Sprint Long-Term Review

1,250 miles later: VFF Sprints & BikilasOver the last two racing seasons, I’ve used Vibram Five Fingers Sprints and Bikilas in training and racing a number of events ranging from 5K running races and sprint triathlons to half marathons, marathons,…

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Former Sprinter Finds New Passion for Running in Vibram Five Fingers Bikilas

As a sprinter in college, Eugene would have never considered running distance, but after laying off a few years he decided to give it a try in Vibram Five Fingers Bikilas. Read Eugene’s story after the jump!The Joy of RunningI used to hate…

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Natural Running in Huaraches and Vibram Five Fingers

James and his buddies have been gradually increasing their miles and competing in longer races in preparation for a half marathon. James sent us this story about their last run in the 2011 Pensacola Double Bridge 15K Run:Fellow barefoot runners a…

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Vibram Five Fingers to Lose Weight and Get in Shape

The BirthdayShoes.com forum is chock full of great information from the most passionate minimalist shoe fans around. Sometimes the stories are so compelling that they need to be published here on the main blog. Chris’s story is one of those. He has been…

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Couch to Half Marathon in 8 Months wearing Vibram Five Fingers

We love getting stories and photos from BirthdayShoes readers. The following post came in from Jeremy who is a Vibram Five Fingers Fan in Dubai. If you would like to send us your photos and a brief story that goes along with them, here is a guide on just…