This Cinco de Mayo, you're encouraged to kick off your shoes and run like a child! The Barefoot Runners Society (BRS) announced its 3rd annual International Barefoot Running Day to take place on May 5, 2013. Held on the first Sunday in May, Barefoot Running Day is a grassroots, inclusive effort to promote barefoot/minimalist running as a healthy and viable...

We're still processing the events that occurred during the Boston Marathon, and the recovery efforts that will continue for some time. Over the past several months, we've been in touch with many runners as they prepared for the famous and challenging race. It was an exciting time and we were anxious to see the race results and congratulate everyone we...

We're very excited to announce that Soft Star will have an exhibition booth at the Portland Shamrock Run Fitness Fair this weekend! For anyone in the Portland, Oregon area, this is a great opportunity to try on our shoes and ask questions about how we make them. We'll have a full selection of moccasins and casual shoes for kids and...

Tom Norwood at the Orcas Island Ultra 50kThe Caballo run gained fame after the publication of Christopher McDougall's bestselling book Born to Run, in which McDougall chronicles his experiences in the canyons with Micah True (a.k.a. Caballo Blanco) and the Tarahumara Indians. Originally named the Copper Canyon Run, the race was renamed this year in memory of True, who passed...

Soft Star is proud to announce that we sold enough Playful Pancake cat toys in 2012 to donate 7 milking goats to hungry families in Sudan! For those unfamiliar with our Playful Pancakes, we use our leather and sheepskin scraps to make catnip-filled cat toys. All of our materials and labor are donated, and 100% of the proceeds for these...

Before we say goodbye to 2012, we'd like to give one last shout of thanks to everyone who sent us photos of their Soft Stars this year. We received hundreds of photos from around the world showing people using our shoes for running, hiking, tree climbing, tromping around the playground and snuggling up at home. Here's a glimpse at just...

It's been a busy year at the Soft Star workshop! The past 12 months have brought a lot of memories to our shoemakers, both happy and sad. As we find ourselves fast approaching 2013, we thought it would be a good time to look back at the highlights of 2012. Here are some of the events that had the biggest...