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I am a Barefoot Runner”

I am a barefoot runner

I just came across this video link on twit­ter (posted by @kentox). It’s an ani­ma­tion of two char­ac­ters in an office set­ting talk­ing about bare­foot run­ning. What makes it hilar­i­ous is not only the state­ments about being a deranged lunatic and break­ing free from the Matrix, but the text-to-video soft­ware used cre­ates for some funny […]

Ten Fingers On Ice

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Snow, ice, rocks, the smell of fresh pine, bright blue skies, soar­ing moun­tains, and the soft sound of Five Fin­gers run­ning. Yep, that pretty much sums up my enjoy­able Christ­mas Eve run in the San Gabriel Moun­tains between Los Ange­les and Palm Springs. It was my first oppor­tu­nity to run in the snow with my Vibram Five Fin­gers. The run was noth­ing short of spec­tac­u­lar. Well, except my toes ended up pretty much frozen after 3 miles and 1,300 feet of ele­va­tion gain.

Five Froggy Fingers

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I recently fin­ished read­ing the incred­i­bly eye-opening and delight­fully inspir­ing book Born to Run, by Christo­pher McDougall. In it, Chris intro­duces us to Bare­foot Ted, a big man with a big mouth and an equally big heart who used to have ter­ri­ble foot pains that crip­pled his run­ning abil­ity. He began to walk with­out shoes […]

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