Tag Archive: shoes

Design Your Own Moc3′s – My Favorite Shoe in LIVING Color!

Red Moc3's from Soft Star Shoes- Minimalist Running Shoes

Design Your Own Moc3′s – My Favorite Shoe in LIVING Color! “Any customer can have a car painted any colour he wants so long as it is black.”- Henry Ford   Gone are the days of just black Moc3′s.  After running over 100 miles in a pair of Moc3′s this fall I have come to …

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Stop Babying our Kids! Its not helping

Stop Babying our Kids!  Its not helping I am not surprised to read an article today about an increase in knee injuries in pediatrics.  Why wouldn’t kids get more adult injuries?  Kids are not kids anymore.  When I grew up we could go anywhere, climb anything, and wear nothing on our feet.  If we got …

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Barefoot liability, when the business is liable?

Barefoot liability, when the business is liable?  “You can’t be in here without shoes, because we don’t want to be liable if you get hurt” is a statement that I have actually been told by a business not wanting my business because I chose to be barefoot.  Before today my only argument was to try …

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Do you wear those shoes with the toes?

Gawker.com, Toe shoes, Danny Glover

Do you wear those shoes with the toes? I get asked this question nearly every time I admit I run barefoot.  How did those shoes become so synonymous with running barefoot?  I do run in Vibram shoes once in awhile, but I really enjoy shoes with less support.  My favorite time to wear the “toe …

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School Shopping. More specifically Barefoot or Minimalist Gym Shoe Shopping – Emily & Lily

Lily and her awesome style

Yup.  It’s August already. Summer seemed to fly by so fast, with July being sweltering and now August being mildly pleasant, minus the mosquitoes.  But I’m always quite surprised at how fast it flies and how quickly the school sales start up.  I LOVE shopping for the general school supplies, pencils, paper, erasers, glue (Brandon …

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Do Shoes Hurt People? – Product Safety Standards

Do Shoes Hurt People? – Product Safety Standards I get asked questions on a regular basis about what shoes people should wear, and its so hard to answer the question, because I am not a shoe guy.  Its even harder to answer when you start doing the research and find that shoe manufactures don’t believe …

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Efficiency- Another great reason to run barefoot

Efficiency- Another great reason to run barefoot What is 4%?  Well according to an blog post on Naturally Engineered.com that is how much energy one can save when running barefoot.  I am not referring to electricity or horsepower, but running energy.  4% doesn’t seem like much, but it could make a considerable difference in a …

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