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Greg Woods is a writer, CrossFitter, and runner based out of Durham, North Carolina.
Below is an interview with Greg that talks about running off weight, his foray into “barefoot” running shoes, his ideal minimalist shoe, and a desire to move to a pl…
Leah Sakellarides is a runner, blogger (outside of BirthdayShoes), and photographer based out of Southern California.
Below is an interview with Leah that talks about
Why did you switch to minimalist shoes?
I wasn’t sold on minimalist footwear…
Why did you switch to minimalist shoes?
Strictly speaking I haven’t switched over completely to what most people these days consider “minimalist” shoes. Six or seven years ago a minimalist shoe was any shoe that weighed less than 10oz and was lower pr…
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…
Tim Kelley is a runner, dad, and blogger here on BirthdayShoes.com. He’s based out of Virginia and is somewhat famous for having a photo of Obama and himself photoshopped into a spoof show of support for Ron Paul. Below is a brief interview with Tim t…
My path to minimalist shoes was a long one. For years, I wore the same type of dress loafer. You will see a picture of it below. They were almost always leather, heavy, black, and had a significant heel to toe…
Merrell has recently launched an effort to reach and encourage women who are curious about the barefoot/bareform or barefoot-style/natural running movement. You can check out their micro-site here.
Back in September of 2011 when Merrell had a bunch…
We first ran across Edward Edmonds a few weeks ago in a youtube video of him running barefoot and posted it in our Link Love section. Later we discovered on his blog that he training full time as a runner and has the ultimate goal to run a marathon under…
We recently interviewed Ultra Marathoner and barefoot runner, Patrick Sweeney, who, in what may be the fastest marathon ever run in Vibram Five Fingers, recorded an awesome time of 2:37:14 winning the Palos Verdes Marathon. He ran in Vibram Five Fingers…
We recently interviewed Irish Mountain Running Champion Moire O’Sullivan. She loves running up and down mountains and writing about it all once she gets home. She started out mountain running in Ireland, where she became Ireland’s 2007 and 2008 Mountain…