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Help Me Out By Completing the BRU Survey!
Thanks to everyone that completed the survey! I reached my response limit, so I’m removing the active link. I received some excellent feedback that will help guide Barefoot Running University over the next few months.
I’m in the process of some minor tweaking here at BRU and would like to get feedback from our community. I have a short survey that will help toward that end. I need approximately 100 people to take the survey.
I’ll be asking for your name, email Read More...
Hoka One One Mafate First Look… No, This Is Not A Joke…
The Hoka One One Mafate. Okay, I know it is unusual for a barefoot/minimalist shoe runner to review a shoe that appears to be the polar opposite of a minimalist shoe. Quite honestly, I’m not sure why I wanted to test this shoe. My interest was piqued when Jesse Scott tried the shoe and reported it “…wasn’t as bad as I expected.” Part of the motivation comes from my science background- I always want to Read More...
Barefoot Runner Running Marine Coprs Marathon for Bone Marrow Registry
While in New York participating in the 1st Annual NYC Barefoot Run, I had the opportunity to meet Bob Ewing. Bob was making a short video for his attempt to run the Marine Corp Marathon next weekend. He is doing this for two reasons:
First, he’s raising $5000 through Team in Training for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Second, he’s encouraging people to join the bone marrow registry.
Here’s Bob’s video:
I highly encourage you Read More...
The Barefoot Running Book Second Edition Giveaway!
To celebrate the new Barefoot Running University website, I will be giving away a copy of the second edition of The Barefoot Running Book! All you have to do to enter is become a friend of the Barefoot Running University site using Google Friend Connect. The Google Friend Connect box is located in the far right column:
The winner will be randomly chosen this Saturday, September 11th. Best of luck!
Also, feel free to leave comments about the Read More...
New Website!
I am in the process of integrating this blog and my website (http://barefootrunninguniversity.com). The ultimate goal is to combine both sites at that address. The process will likely take several days, so please be patient.
If you were redirected here from the Barefoot Running University site, those resources should be online by Monday evening.
Site Redesign
Please be patient as I redesign the site. i anticipate the new format being completed by Monday evening. Thank you!
-Jason
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Ken Bob Grand Rapids Workshop Pictures
Ken Bob held a workshop in Grand Rapids yesterday afternoon… here are some pictures:
Details will be added shortly!
Also- congrats to the Western States Runners… both Roes and Krupicka finished under Jurek’s course record!
Seaway 15K Results, Ken Bob Clinic This Afternoon, and Following Western States
The Seaway 15K went well. Finish time was 1:04:58 (36th out of about 340ish.) Lynette, you’re the book winner! Email a mailing address to robillardj “at” gmail “dot” com ASAP.
The race started very well. I was on pace to easily break my PR of 1:03 and some change. I was very close to my 5K PR for the first third of this race. Things were going well until about mile 5 or six. I could feel four separate hotspots forming Read More...
