My FiveFingers

Consistently ranked as the nation’s primary cause of death, heart disease causes a staggering 1 in every 4 deaths. Tallied up, heart disease kills 610,000 people every year and currently shows no signs of stopping. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart disease, leading to 370,000 deaths annually in the U.S. […]

Independent filmmaker Tara Golden of Tara Golden Custom Videos is hoping to travel down to the Barracas de Cobre (Copper Canyon), home to the Tarahumara, to make a film about their culture and to find out why they run. The filming will take place before, during, and after the Copper Canyon Ultramarathon made famous in […]

One of the key components of successful barefoot/minimalist running is cadence.  It is an element that is probably the most overlooked or misunderstood in its importance.  Almost anytime I am out running and something doesn’t feel right – yep, it can most often be corrected by cadence. The magic number is 180 steps per minute.  […]