I love shoes. (Yes, I realize that it’s amusing that I run minimalist and that I spend most of my time barefoot and still have a huge collection of shoes.) When I’m packing for a trip, I have a really hard time only taking a few pairs of shoes. Sometimes I have to though (like…
Category: minimalist shoes
State of my feet
I’ve now been running in minimalist shoes for about 6 weeks. In that time, almost all my my miles have been run in my Vibram Sprints (one of these days I’ll write a review…), with a much smaller number run in my Merrell Pace Gloves and an even smaller number run completely barefoot on the…
Virtual Barefoot/Minimalist (Ultra?) Marathon
aka Minimalist Running Week #4 in Review When I signed up for Barefoot Neill’s Virtual Race, I set a goal of running all 26.2 miles barefoot or in minimalist shoes. His rules were that we needed to complete the mileage over the course of two weeks, with at least 1 K on May 1st. I…
Minimalist Running Week #3 in Review
Perhaps I should have titled this “I haven’t hurt myself… yet.” Last week was a mishmash of increasing speed and distance. For a little variety, I threw in a bit of completely barefoot running on the treadmill. Yeah, not exactly the definition of smart training. I ended up doing 19.2 miles in 5 runs and…
Happy Easter and Jelly Bean Virtual Race Report
Happy Easter to all my bloggy buddies! We all know I can’t resist a virtual race, so when Jess opened the Jelly Bean Virtual Race with a 10k option (my favorite race distance), I jumped on it. What I didn’t know when I signed up for the 10k was that I would decide to go…
Merrell Barefoot Pace Gloves Review
I love the Merrell Barefoot Pace Gloves. Love them. In fact, I have two pairs. I’ve done a zipline course in them. I’ve hiked in them. I’ve walked around the neighborhood in them. I’ve even run some miles in them. In fact, I’ve worn one of the two pairs nearly every.single.day since I bought the…
Minimalist Running Week #2 in review
Stats: 5 runs – 17.5 miles, longest run was 5 miles (I plan to run this afternoon, so I expect to go over 20 miles for the week. Woot!Edited: 20.5 miles for the week!) Thus far, the minimalist experience is going really well for me. Last week and the early part of this week were…