My FiveFingers – Vibram, FiveFingers, Toe Shoes, Minimalist Shoes

A few months ago we shared the story of a team of developers and an author creating a post-apocalyptic game for mobile phones that used your running efforts as a main component of the adventure. The developers utilized Kickstarter to raise over $72k in funds to create the game Zombies, Run! The team didn’t waste [...]

As you probably know from our last post, a few of our readers have been invited to participate in the Rock the World Races (mud runs) taking place in Michigan this year.  Yesterday Adam shared details about his race and his mud run training regimen, and today Brody Berson shares his training plans and details. [...]

A few weeks back we were contacted by the team from Rock The World Race, a group who is putting on Rugged 5K races in Michigan.  They offered us the opportunity to participate in their upcoming 2012 races and provide training information and reviews on the experience.  While we weren’t able to make the journey to [...]

I’ve been battling chronic Patellar Tendonitis (aka ‘Jumpers knee’ and some forms of ‘Runners knee’) for over two years now.  I’ve written before about my problem in a post about Egoscue therapy, as I was exploring that as a treatment option for my ailment.  Ultimately that wasn’t the right treatment for me, but I do now [...]

Some time ago I wrote about ultrarunning in FiveFingers and I did reviews on both VFF Spyridon and the Merrell Lithe Glove. At that time I didn’t know which shoes to choose for my coming event, the 80 km Ecotrail de Paris (50 miles). In the last week before the race I decided on the [...]

SKORA is a newer shoe manufacturer that focuses on building shoes for runners, by runners. The company was founded in 2008, and while they’ve been around for a few years, my first experience with the brand was when they sent us a pair of their SKORA Base running shoe to try out. SKORA has a [...]

One of the great things about social media is the amazing access you get to people and brands.  I say this minutes after Vibram tweeted a sneak peak of a new concept for FiveFingers from their labs: (please note the ‘Pin it’ button on the image – if you like it and are a Pinterest [...]

Not only do I own a vast amount of Vibram Five Fingers, but I also like running in Merrell shoes. So as soon as the new color (Cosmo Pink) of the Merrell Lithe Glove was available in the Netherlands I purchased a pair. And of course I quickly tried them out on a long run [...]

It was hard to miss the New Balance Minimus commercials running during the first round games from the NCAA Tournament last night.  New Balance has definitely committed to pushing its Minimus line of minimalist running shoes, and they’ve put together some great commercials as part of their marketing efforts. One of my favorites is below, [...]

Editors Note:  A few days ago we received an email from Jon Draffan that really stood out.  Jon has MS and had struggled to find the right shoes until he very recently tried out FiveFingers – he was ecstatic.  I asked if he would be interested in sharing his story and experience, he said ‘yes’, [...]