A few days ago I went on my very first run in my Vibram FiveFingers Classic shoe.  To sum up the initial feeling of running in Vibrams…ninja-like.  Anyway, I wanted to recap how I felt the days after my run and update you on my second day running in these ninja shoes.

One of the hardest things to figure out when reading stuff on the internet is if the story or thing they are writing about is legit or not.  There are so many people selling and promoting random stuff online that it’s often hard to separate truth from fiction.  When I heard about barefoot running I [...]

For Christmas my girlfriend got me a pair of Vibram FiveFingers Classic. However,  due to sizing issues and stocking issues I didn’t get them until about a week ago.   I’ve been eager to go for a run in them, but haven’t had a chance…that was until tonight.   I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I [...]

The design of the Newton Running Shoe allows you to feel the ground in certain sections of your foot by putting grooves and ridges in certain sections of the soles of the Newton shoes. This by itself doesn’t hold much value, but when you learn the technique on how to strike the ground properly, the [...]

As I’ve been reading more and more research about the benefits of barefoot running (namely reduced amount of stress on the legs) the topic of heel striking and forefoot running always seems to come up.  The key difference being that with running barefoot a person is less likely to land on their heel first and [...]

The latest high end running shoe to hit the market are the Newton Running Shoes.  These shoes boast special “actuators” that absorb impact much more than regular shoes.  The Newton Shoes also state that they train users to run correctly.  This is most likely due to the extra thick section on the forefoot area that [...]

If you were like us, when people first told us about barefoot running, we would just look them in the face and laugh!  Why in the world would you want to run barefoot?  Then after further looking into it we started realizing that maybe there just might be something to this barefoot running movement.
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With all the talk about barefoot running shoes, we sometimes neglect the fact that there are plenty of great running shoes out there that can benefit you and look great. We did a post in the past that was quite popular that talked about many of the non barefoot style shoes out there. [...]

I have to be honest.  It’s been a while since I’ve ran.  I think the last time I ran was when I first tested the Nike Free 5.0 on a treadmill as well as compared it to my normal Asics running shoes.  Since I’ve been a lazy ass I decided to break out the new [...]

The Superfeet are premium insoles for your feet.  They have many different models, differentiated by their color and are made for different types of activities that the Superfeet wearer may want to partake in.  They transform a regular shoe into a shoe that has a perfect fit for the perfect activity.  Even popular shoes that [...]