SKORA FORM Review

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Brand: Skora Name: FORM Color Options Men: Royal Blue/White/Flo.Yellow, Natural/White/Grey, Black/White/Blue, Natural/Black/Red (pictured) Color Options Women: Royal Blue/White/Lt.Blue, Natural/Blue/Pink Sizes: Men’s 7 – 13 US, Women’s 6 – 11 Weight: 8.2oz Drop: 0 mm heel to toe with a 13mm stack height (9mm without insole) Other: Made from high quality materials including a goat leather upper with a sheepskin lining. Price: $185 Steve AnkneySteve is an … Read More

Spring/Summer 2013 Vibram FiveFinger Catalog Leaked!

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Last Wednesday, we were alerted by the Reddit Barefoot Running community that a copy of the Vibram FiveFinger catalog for Spring/Summer 2013 was leaked by an online retailer. As you might expect, there are some very exciting new additions coming to the FiveFinger line-up, some of which we have seen before, and some that are brand new! Because the catalog … Read More

Newton Distance U Review

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Brand: Newton Running Name: Distance U – “Women’s Light Weight Universal Trainer” Color Options: Distance U (women’s only) – Pink/Yellow/Orange; Distance S (men’s only) – Yellow/Red/Orange; Distance – Green/Red/Orange (men’s), Blue/Yellow/Orange (women’s) Weight: 7.0 oz Drop: 2 mm Other: Action/Reaction Technology in the forefoot (“Land-Lever-Lift” lugs) Price: $155 MeaganMeagan is a geochemistry research lab manager, runner, Netflix binge-watcher, and Mom to a rescue dog, a bunny, and … Read More

The Fall 2012/Spring 2013 Minimalist Shoe Round-Up

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Howdy! Hope all of our U.S. readers had a great 4th of July, and that our fellow Midwesterners are managing to beat the heat that continues to plague us. We got a run in on Tuesday afternoon, and it was brutal outside–I don’t know how you Southerners do it! Thanks to the soaring temperatures, and now that we’re about halfway … Read More

Sockwa G Series Review

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Sockwa G3

Brand: Sockwa Name: G Series Color Options: G3 – Olive, Black, Brown, Red all with Grey Sole G2 – Red, Columbia (light blue), Cobalt, Grey, Purple, Pink, Olive with Black Sole Weight: 2.4 oz (depending on size) Drop: omm from heel to toe Stack Height: 1.2mm Price: $50 Steve AnkneySteve is an Executive Recruiter at Robert Half Executive Search in Madison, WI with a business degree in Information Systems and … Read More

Barefoot Running, The Movie

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After seeing the following video bouncing around my Facebook feed the past few days, I finally got down to watching it last night. It is a trailer for the upcoming DVD, Barefoot Running, the Movie, and what a beautiful trailer it is! While I’m a little sad that this is not a documentary on barefoot running as I initially thought, … Read More

FLASH SALE ALERT: Altra on LeftLane Sports!

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Men’s and Women’s Altra Instinct/Intuition and Adam/Eve are currently on sale at LeftLane Sports! Prices are marked down up to 50%. I picked up a pair of the Intuitions for $50! If you get two pairs, thus spending over $75, you’ll get free shipping and any amount spent over $50 allows you to apply any credits you might have from … Read More

Old Shoe Blues

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Today, I got to go to the local running store, Fit2Run, here in Gainesville.  My boyfriend, Dylan, has been complaining of sore feet and bad shin splints for a while now after running in his Brooks Pureflows, a minimalist shoe with a small foam cushion.  Surprise, surprise, our helpful sales assistant, Scott, told him it was time for new pair … Read More