On a fateful day in the year 2000 in January a group of barefoot runners met on the beach to be interviewed and photographed by a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Orange County edition. The story headlined as “Disciple … read more
Transcript: [Ken Bob Saxton] What’s happened, is we’ve got so used to wearing shoes that we forget that we don’t need to wear them all the time I help other people teach themselves how to run barefoot It’s important for … read more
Can anyone come out to Huntington Beach/Sunset Beach 2019 May 25 Saturday morning to act as my students (or be students for real, if you’re a beginner) in a Ken Bob’s Barefoot Running Play-Fun-Shop for my friend’s series of Wake … read more
The past few International Barefoot Running Day events in the Los Angeles area had been held near my home. And maybe one person or none would show up (other than myself). So this year I thought I would hold Barefoot … read more
Nike invited me to talk about barefoot running to a class of about 35 students. After warning the students that beach sand and grass, contrary to popular misconceptions, are not the ideal terrain for beginning barefoot running, since; 1. You … read more
2019 May 5 Sunday 9:00AM Los Angeles area International Barefoot Running Day at Steve Soboroff Park 12906 Bluff Creek Drive, Los Angles, California 90094 2019 May 5 (various times) Other International Barefoot Running Day get-togethersa around the world Photos from previous Los … read more
Introduction Once again, weather permitting (ie: depending on whether or not I like the weather), The BarefootRunning.com canopy will be at Surf City Marathon near Sea Legs Restaurant (Mile 20-21?). We will bring refreshments and barefoot music to share, and … read more
By Psycho Kay (Katin) Dad forgot to bring his camera, so we didn’t get many photos of me in the Surf City 5K. Just a couple with the mobile phone before and after the race. After we parked, I saw … read more
For some folks, depending on their technique and fitness background, the shins (and other muscles, tendons, joints, etc.) are going to be strained in ways they have not been conditioned for previously. These pains should pass after a few … read more
“Based on our hypothesis, barefoot running really is the model we should be using in terms of running style because it’s closest to the way that we were adapted to run.” Continue reading read more
