Author Archives: Barefoot Ken Bob

The Perfect Runner (2012) review

The Perfect Runner (2012)

Summary The Perfect Runner (Clearwater Documentary) celebrates the modern passion for running by exploring our evolution as a distance-running species. This is a big, ambitious documentary, with locations from Ethiopia to Arctic Russia to the Canadian Rockies, featuring some of … read more

Avoiding Pain and Running Shoe Marketing

Ken Bob Saxton and many others have run barefoot and injury-free for decades (2004 November 7) Santa Clarita Marathon CA

Summary Patient: “Doc, it hurts whenever I move like this. Doctor: “Don’t move like that.” In a recent post on his blog, Chris McDougall writes about “discoveries” that Doctor Daniel Lieberman at Harvard has been making about humans and running, … read more

Ken Bob’s Regular Runs and Play-Fun-Shops (Saturday 2012 February 4)

Robert "Shacky", Vanessa Runs, and Barefoot Ken Bob at the beginning of our run (2012 February 4) Regular Saturday Morning Runs

Summary Went for a short walk with Herman this morning, and ran into an old running buddy, “Fast Eddie”, so Herman and I ran about 2 miles with Eddie, then turned around so I could get back in time for … read more