Xero HFS Minimalist Road Running Shoe Review
Randy Kreill, December 5, 2020 Minimalist AVR Score: 9.8 Editor Overall AVR Score: 9.8 Price $110 Ladies or Mens (Primarily available online at: www.XEROSHOES.com/go/randy_kreill (affiliate link) #XeroAmbassador Review Summary One of the best, most versatile general and athletic use truly minimalist shoes on the market, at a very reasonable price point. Pros: ~ True minimalist […]
Top Nine Tips for Running 100 Miles in Xero Footwear
December 1, 2020 At my first 100 mile endurance run attempt in April of 2014, with Xero kit huarache style sandals on the mostly gravel tow path of the C&O Canal 100 Mile Endurance Run, I realized at about 26 miles that I would need a bit more protection underfoot and switched to light, minimalist […]
Crewing for Harvey Lewis’s BW146 FKT. Epic Views.
On Tuesday, August 11, 2020, the three Ohio “Team Harvey” crew members were relaxing in our room at the historic Dow Villa Hotel in Lone Pine, California. From the window we enjoyed a view of the summit on Mt Whitney, easy to spot as it looks like shark’s teeth at 14,505 feet. We were worn […]
All You Need is Love! Meatless-Meat & Bare-Foot Shoes Help Too!
July 20, 2020 The 60’s were much about the Beatles and their tune “All You Need is Love” represents that decade well. I don’t remember much about the 60’s as I was born in ’62. The 70’s were more relevant to my development, or lack thereof. A song title theme for the 70’s could be, […]
Our Obsession With Footwear.
July 16, 2020 In August I’ll be 58. It wasn’t until my late 40’s, early in 2010, I realized that many of the simple things I thought I knew were dangerous lies; the blind leading the blind. My “table” was being set for these discoveries after being diagnosed with an aggressive Follicular Thyroid Cancer in […]
A First 100 Mile Fun Run. Beavercreek to Loveland, Ohio, and Back!
May 11, 2020 “If you want to view paradise,simply look around and view it.Anything you want to, do it.Wanna change the world?There’s nothing to it.” ~Willie Wonka 2019 was an incredible year of running for me, including a doubling of my personal record by completing six 100 mile ultramarathons. Three of those six were races […]
Running Ten Miles per Day for Ten Days
The Buzzard Day 50K scheduled for March 14th, 2020 was going to be my 15th consecutive month of completing at least one ultra marathon per month, until I found myself unpacking our vehicle at the last minute due to a forced cancelation. The pandemic quickly altered plans, races, goals etc. It was a great streak […]
Full Moon Over The Sunny Potomac. 500 Mile Club C&O Canal 100.
“What hurts you blesses you.” ~Rumi Roughly eight months before my first one hundred mile foot race, I didn’t realise I was off course near the end of the first long loop of the Woodstock 100K. It was Friday evening after an afternoon start for hundred miler and hundred kilometer runners; I was cruising carefully […]
LAL. Live A Lot
When people say “live a little”, what they are often suggesting is “die a little”. “Live a little” came up in conversation recently relative to someone I know who’s parent has been suffering from arthritis for many years. “Live a little” is often what’s said before people try to get us to do something that […]
Dayton Shines. 4 DIY 50K’s/4 Weeks. Covid-19 Consequences.
Sunday August 25 of 2019 was hot and sunny as local celebrity Dave Chappelle told a diverse crowd of over 25,000 of us that our dreams were not stupid. He mentioned that when his LA friends asked him why he lived in Ohio, he said, “Why the F*ck Not!” (WTFN) A number of celebrities gathered […]