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The worst (and best) running surfaces for barefoot running

The worst (and best) running surfaces for barefoot running

May 17, 20132 mins

Steve Sashen of Invisibleshoe.com (now rebranded as XeroShoes.com) wrote an interesting blog post back in Dec 2009. I discovered it only a few days ago via an email subscription on his website. The…

Examining Chris McDougall through a purchase funnel lens

Examining Chris McDougall through a purchase funnel lens

April 25, 20134 mins

A mini war of words erupted on our running group recently. The subject was Chris McDougall. I had shared this Jun 2009 McDougall article and highlighted the following quote which I found most…

Hormetism, cold showers and barefoot running…

Hormetism, cold showers and barefoot running…

April 11, 20134 mins

Pic courtesy gettingstronger.org Todd Becker, a freelance San Francisco Bay Area-based blogger, writes Getting Stronger – a blog on the philosophy of Hormetism, based on the application of progressive…

How a hobby turned into a business – the Invisible Shoes story

How a hobby turned into a business – the Invisible Shoes story

November 23, 20122 mins

Steven Sashen – eating (sorry ‘running’) his own dogfood Steven Sashen sent an email this morning to his loyal customer base announcing the third anniversary of Boulder-based Invisible Shoes. There’s…

My first barefoot trail marathon

My first barefoot trail marathon

November 19, 20122 mins

On Sep 16, 2012, I ran my fourth consecutive Kaveri Trail Marathon (KTM) and my eleventh marathon overall. I finished in 4 hours 45 min — 30 minutes faster than my slowest KTM (2009) and 16 minutes…

Chronicles of Barefootia

Chronicles of Barefootia

October 01, 20121 mins

Chronicles of Barefootia Experiments with barefoot running – a brief (incomplete) chronology **************** It’s all a vast upper body conspiracy! Achieving terminal velocity Time to pitter patter…

Running with Padmapada

Running with Padmapada

September 27, 20122 mins

In Walking on Fire, I wrote about breaching my first major barrier in barefoot running. The second inflection in my barefoot running adventures occurred on Jun 21. I call this my “Padmapada moment…

Walking on Fire

Walking on Fire

September 26, 20122 mins

If you’ve been following my blog regularly, you know that the trail around Kaikondrahalli Lake (one among a handful of Bangalore lakes undergoing rejuvenation) is my home course. As with most…