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Micah True is Missing
[Update- Friday March 30, 8:04am pst]- From Luis Escobar’s Facebook status update:
Friday, 3/30 7:37am Silver City, NM Like so many of you, I consider Micah to be my friend. Those of you who know him know that is enjoys his privacy. I would never do or say anything to disrespect that. On the other hand, he has such a large following and I know that you are all sincerely concern about him. With that in mind, I Read More...
On Occasion, Let Your Inner Superhero Shine
This last weekend, Shelly and I ran the Rodeo Valley 50k. It was a “roadtrip” race for us, meaning it would involve traveling and hanging out with our friends Pablo and his wife Kristina, Krista, Jon, Vanessa, and Shacky. We knew we’d be doing plenty of laughing and probably a fair amount of drinking, so we decided to make the race itself a little more fun.
We ran it in superhero costumes. [photo courtesy Shacky]
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Pretty Strong: Merrell Aims to Solve the Female Barefoot Riddle
Sometime last year, Emily Snayd (a friend from Merrell and a crazy-fast runner) started asking me questions about women and barefoot. Specifically, why aren’t there more women running barefoot and in minimalist shoes? She had made the transition and was posting shockingly fast times. She clearly saw the benefit, but noticed the barefoot community consisted of far more men than women.
I didn’t have a great answer. I had a few theories, but they came from my Read More...
