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…
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Barefoot shoes enthusiasts are doing just about everything under the sun in their minimalist shoes. Check it out.
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…
After 13 miles of running, my 6-year old drives a toy car on me. He may be trying to tell me something.
We all know Murphy’s Law. And it has several corollaries. I learned one during training for the Half. Call it Jay’s Corollary: If you are going to…
Hey BirthdayShoes.com readers check it out! We have another user story for you. This time it is from Dustin. He recently got himself a barefoot inspired tattoo. He was kind enough to send us a short letter and some pictures showing off his new work…
David emailed me recently about adding to his now growing collection of FiveFingers. We got into talking a bit and I found out that he actually got his start into the minimalist shoes/toe shoes market via buying a pair of the original Fila Skeletoes.…
Part 2 of My First Half-Marathon (Read Part 1: A Man Can Outrun a Horse in a Race)
Okay, so I’ve already gone over how my (probably irrational) contempt of horses is a motivator for me to run distance events with this non-distance running body. We ma…
Guest post by Nicholas Hind
Birthday Shoes originally opened my eyes to the world of minimalist footwear through a link about reebok’s sponsorship of Crossfit and it’s upcoming shoe range. As an avid crossfitter this piqued my interest and now I’m ho…