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Chi Running 13.1 miles

Chi Running 13.1 miles

by Tyler Hurst on Jan 10, 2011 4

In less than a week from now, I will have finished my fifth half marathon, and my third in Five Finger Sprints. I will have hopefully set a P.R. as well, because it’s damn well time I get faster. I’m sure I will be tired, a bit wobbly and sore in the places that only […]

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Exercises for the Sole

Exercises for the Sole

by Emily Gindle on Jan 09, 2011 1

My feet are not terribly well-behaved.  A coworker who’s a really talented boot fitter was somewhat amazed at how mobile my feet are and how much they pronate–meaning that when they’re holding up the rest of me, my arches flatten a lot and my ankles sink in.  My talented coworker recommended some very supportive insoles […]

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Five Fingers and the interview circuit

Five Fingers and the interview circuit

by Tyler Hurst on Jan 06, 2011 5

I have a hard time dressing for non casual events. I do own a suit and a few pairs of nice dress pants and dress shirts, mostly from Banana Republic. I know how to properly use my utensils at dinner (never set just your knife down, don’t scoop with your fork) and generally do a […]

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Golf Balls And Five Fingers

Golf Balls And Five Fingers

by Tyler Hurst on Jan 02, 2011 7

(The video at the end contains feet. My feet. If you have a foot fetish, get a towel ready. If you hate feet, you probably shouldn’t press play.) I hurt in weird places now. Ever since I started running in Five Fingers, the old pains that plagued me – most notably in my lower back, […]

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Two Feet vs. Two Wheels

Two Feet vs. Two Wheels

by Emily Gindle on Dec 30, 2010 0

It was with great trepidation and a lot of whining that I let myself be hauled into a car and driven along long snow-banked country roads to Cove Hollow to run.  My brother wanted to go for a mountain bike ride, and while I didn’t pack my bike into my luggage to visit my parents […]

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The Best Full-Body Workout

The Best Full-Body Workout

by Emily Gindle on Dec 27, 2010 3

There’s a new shoe out there that tones your butt and legs by creating “micro instability” with a bouncy raised heel. I won’t go into the issue of this Reebok shoe being made and marketed only for women. Nor will I comment on its first commercial, featuring close-ups of a woman’s breasts and buttocks having […]

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Five Fingers and Floor Hockey

Five Fingers and Floor Hockey

by Tyler Hurst on Dec 25, 2010 0

I’ve always been a multi-sport athlete. From tennis to baseball and basketball to floor/roller hockey, I’m the type of guy who can PLAY just about any sport, but dominates in exactly none of them. As I’ve grown older, my interest in most contact sports has waned — no more tackle football for me — and […]

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I am a barefoot runner

I am a barefoot runner

by Tyler Hurst on Dec 22, 2010 5

I don’t really run barefoot. I wanted to, but the combination of super hot sidewalks and the fear of sharp objects convinced me that Five Fingers were a good compromise between running shoes and none at all. What I didn’t know was that my reasons were the same as almost everyone else’s and the guys […]

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Barefooting in The Wasteland

Barefooting in The Wasteland

by Emily Gindle on Dec 20, 2010 0

Have you ever read T.S. Eliot’s poem The Waste Land? I “read” it in college, which is to say that I ran my eyes over every word several times while nary a one sank in. It’s beautiful certainly, and epic, and travels a long landscape of emotions, but even with a copy of Cliff’s Notes, […]

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Smelly Five Fingers

Smelly Five Fingers

by Tyler Hurst on Dec 20, 2010 8

I’d like to tell you that the stories about Vibram Five Fingers slowly developing a bit of an aroma aren’t true. I’d like to tell you that this aroma is so light that it’s unnoticeable unless you’re really sniffing for it. I’d like to tell you that the footpads of the Five Fingers are guaranteed […]

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