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Interview with Greg Woods

Interview with Greg Woods

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…

Interview with Leah Sakellarides

Interview with Leah Sakellarides

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…

Interview with Rob Youngren

Interview with Rob Youngren

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…

10 Marathons. 10 Days. In 10 Toed Shoes.

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…

Interview with Tim Kelley

Interview with Tim Kelley

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…

Interview with Robert Barr

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…

Women and Barefoot/Natural Running - Merrell Reaches Out

Women and Barefoot/Natural Running - Merrell Reaches Out

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…

Edward Edmond's Minimalist Approach to Marathon Training utilizes Barefoot Running and Racing Flats

Edward Edmond's Minimalist Approach to Marathon Training utilizes Barefoot Running and Racing Flats

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…

Interview with Patrick Sweeney, Winner of the Palos Verdes Marathon

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

Interview with Patrick Sweeney, Winner of the Palos Verdes Marathon

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…

An Interview with Irish Mountain Running Champion Moire O’Sullivan

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

An Interview with Irish Mountain Running Champion Moire O’Sullivan

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…

An interview with TJ, President of The Barefoot Runners Society

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

An interview with TJ, President of The Barefoot Runners Society

An interview with TJ, the President of the newly Barefoot Runners Society about how she got into running barefoot, Morton's Neuroma, and where she expects to take the BRS!

An Interview with Barefoot Michael, Founder of the Primalfoot Alliance

An Interview with Barefoot Michael, Founder of the Primalfoot Alliance

How did you get into barefooting? Why do you think it is important?First of all, let me take an opportunity to thank you for this interview and the ability to speak to your readers. You operate a fantastic site and I look forward to working with y…