For the second week in a row that crazy nutter was there at the Reading Parkrun running without any shoes. Don't believe me? Well check out the photos (more here):
Posts tagged with barefoot
Reading Parkrun Barefoot
Check it out, some crazy nutter did the Reading Parkrun yesterday morning completely barefoot...
And that nutter was ME 
. Yes folks, I have now technically done my first race in over 10 years and I did it barefoot. I opted for a mostly grassy 5k and it was fantastic.
Getting Michael Sandler's Barefoot Running Book in the UK
I've just attempted to get my hands on Michael Sandler's book "Barefoot Running: How to Run Light and Free by Getting in Touch with the Earth" and it's proving to be a bit of a mission, unless my money tree starts growing, and quickly.
The book has just been released and the reviews of the book are starting to popup all over the barefoot and minimalist running websites. I consider myself to be a seasoned barefoot runner now, but I'm eager to have a read through this book to see how closely my experience has been to that of the author's and also to see if I've missed some "magic trick" or other little useful snippet that would help improve my barefoot running.
Run Like Your Ancestors
Way back in February, I was approached by Jana Witt, a Science Communication student at the University of the West of England asking if I minded answering a few questions for an article she was writing for their student newspaper - The Western Eye - (Jana is science correspondent) inspired by the recently published Liberman paper.
Being the nice person that I am, and eager to promote barefoot running, I gladly answered Jana's questions. I think I went a little overboard on some of my answers as I would have smashed Jana's article word limit had she published my responses verbatim, but she got the gist of my answers and put together a great short article for her readers which was published in the March 2010 edition (PDF download here if you want to read the whole paper).
Jana has kindly provided a copy of just the article in JPG and PDF formats for you to read too (2 months ago: I completely forgot to publish this back then, sorry Jana).
Enjoy.
Review: Terra Plana VivoBarefoot Evo Running Shoes
Following on from my review of the VivoBarefoot Aqua shoes by Terra Plana, I've been kindly sent a pair of the much talked about VivoBarefoot Evo running shoes for review and critique and fast approaching two months after receiving them (I've been a busy boy) I'm finally getting around to documenting my experience.
Health Check on BBC World Service Investigates Barefoot Running
Monday night's episode of Health Check (listen here) on the BBC World Service covers the topic of barefoot running with the reporter taking a quick spin barefoot round a track (and surprises herself) and then follows up with an interview with Daniel Lieberman in which he briefly covers what he discusses in his recent paper. What is quite impressive is just how much coverage barefoot running gets in one programme: over 11 minutes of a 28 minute programme. Impressive.
The Naked Truth About Barefoot Running - Runner's World UK April 2010
If you're a regular reader of Runner's World in the UK, you'll probably have noticed an article in last month's (April - why do magazines come out a month earlier than they're dated?) edition titled "The Naked Truth About Barefoot Running" in which I've been quoted. Whilst it's great to see barefoot running getting an article in Runner's World, I can't say I'm too impressed with the overall slant of the article nor some of the points and quotes made.
Siraj Gena Wins Rome Marathon BAREFOOT
Seeing is believing...
Well, almost. Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you, Siraj Gena is indeed barefoot as he crosses the line, however he didn't run the whole race barefoot, just the last 500m or so.
As a tribute to Abebe Bikila and to honour the 50th anniversary of his Olympic win in 1960 in Rome, the Rome Marathon offered a €5000 bonus to both the men's and women's winners today if they took off their shoes and socks and run the last 300m of the race barefoot. The winners would also get 20 seconds off their official finish time to compensate for the time lost to taking off their shoes.
With the race in the bag by the 40th kilometer, Siraj fittingly paid his tribute and took off his shoes and pocketed a little extra cash.
Look What Arrived For Me Today
Look what I got today (thank-you Canoe Inc). Come on everyone, I want to hear you say "Ooooooo". I've not taken them for a spin yet, but initial impressions are good. I'll write up a full review once I've had a chance to take them out for a nice long run.