Becoming the Trail du Mont Blanc
After years of planning to trek the route of the UTMB foot race, we hiked the Tour of Mont Blanc July 11-22! I created a reasonably detailed 18 minute video about the journey, focused on the unusual idea of hiking it in minimalist sandals. See below. As usual, I realized there many things I forgot […]
World Champion Record 450 Miles – 108 Hours. Harvey Lewis, 47 at Big’s Backyard World Championship Race.
“A race is a work of art…” ~ Steve Prefontaine Oct. 30, 2023 Steve Prefontaine’s words applied equally to Lazarus Lake’s race idea that he thought up decades ago as it did to vegan runner Harvey Lewis’s performance! The race concept is brilliantly diabolical and attracts the best of the best. For this race, Harvey […]
100 Ideas to Improve Your Life Daily
March 25, 2023 Years ago I recorded a fun video, titled “100 reasons to Run 100 Miles”. I love the distance for many reasons, clearly. Recently I read Becoming Minimalists blog, “100 Ways to Immediately Improve Your Life”. I wanted to share that on social media, and realized before doing so, MY list would be […]
Honored to be a guest on Steven Sashen’s Movement Movement Podcast.
March 15, 2023. Having known Steven Sashen from a distance since 2010 when he started a kit sandal business from their apartment in Colorado, I was confident he’d keep me guessing as to where the conversation might go on this podcast. Steven’s the guy who’s video on YouTube, “Sh*t Barefoot Runner’s Say” went viral back […]
Spring ’23 Xero Shoe Reviews For Sunrise, Scrambler, Prio Neo and Dillon
March 14, 2023 It’s better than Christmas when a big box of Xero “wear tester” models comes to our porch! I receive amazing products and do not need to shop for days guessing what others might like or need, no need to decorate the house, etc. The challenge is to wear all of them enough […]
New for Fall ’22. The Xero Forza Trainer. Weight Lifters, Cross Fitters, etc. Best in Class Option.
Nov. 17, 2022 The Forza Trainer is incredibly comfortable and has a very secure feel. You’ll want this, fair warning! I’m not a gym rat type and would be wise to add more “strength training”. Mostly I run, and do lots of projects. If I’m working on the house, yard etc., I try to do […]
Xero’s new Forza Runner for Fall ’22
Nov. 17, 2022. The Forza is super light, and crazy, crazy comfortable. I quickly got used to slipping them on my feet, which takes a bit more focus. I keep the laces very loose, and wonder if I need laces at all! But, I don’t want to create the work of rethreading them to try […]
Xero Mesa II Minimalist Trail Running Shoe.
November 17, 2022 Redesigned for Fall 2022, this is a great, lightweight, truly minimalist trail running shoe with excellent comfort and ventilation. I had the original Mesa in my standard size. That original Mesa was said to run small, and mine were a bit snug. I had run at least one 50K trail race in […]
Sensational Sixty.
After celebrating my August 25th 60th Birthday all year, like magic, this story printed in the Dayton Daily News right on that day! Below is a digital version of the print story, edited from the longer printed column. https://www.daytondailynews.com/lifestyles/cancer-diagnosis-leads-man-to-embrace-running-in-sandals-develop-healthy-lifestyle/KGG4THU2HFAMXJSM3U5227B2AM/?fbclid=IwAR0LAthE57RZw0lUFFVfELLIhuU3F1KS36es1EoptE4Pq0v2ZUXCzJJ9ztI It was wonderful to have a mainstream media source interested in my minimalist running, post cancer […]
Ten New Videos in Ten Days
February 3, 2022 Recently life got so busy and I didn’t get around to creating any new video content for five months. Winter in Ohio gave me a slower period in training and a break in projects, holidays, gatherings, races, etc. The first video on day one of the video per day for ten days […]