Which comes first, the running or the fun?
Like the proverbial chicken and the egg, is it the barefoot running that makes people happy, or are naturally happy people the type to experiment with barefoot running?
Thanks to our friend Dalit for the heads up on this recent article in the New York Times: "Is Running Barefoot Better for You?". In a nutshell, the author, Gretchen Reynolds positions it as a trendy new fad which has little scientific basis for or against... but that it can be "a lot of fun".
Personally I enjoyed the reader comments - I was even inspired to leave my own insight that Soft Star Shoes customers tend to be very fun, positive people.... is it their happy feet that makes them this way, or are happy people just attracted to comfortable, barefoot-like shoes? Hmmmmm....
Photo credit: Paul Glamou / Getty Images from NY Times article Oct. 21, 2009.
Soft Star Shoes is a family friendly company located in Corvallis, Oregon. Viewpoints in this blog are those of individual workshop elves, and do not necessarily represent those of www.SoftStarShoes.com
Trish has been an entrepreneur, marketer and maker ever since she crushed her first lemonade stand at age five. Growing up in rural Wisconsin, she spent many summers running barefoot with her sisters. These early memories later inspired her to build a brand which embraced the joy and freedom of childhood with the health and science of minimal footwear.
Trish relishes evolving the company to grow stronger and more competitive with each passing year. She is a frequent expert panelist for both e-commerce and entrepreneurship conferences. Trish enjoys spending time with her family, dogs and ducks on their property in Oregon and loves the proximity to both surf and snow. She has a background in Engineering Physics and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
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