Running

Barefoot running, minimalist running shoes, marathons, and anything else running specific.

  1. What's Your Vote? Running Shoe Update

    We have had a lot of great suggestions for names for our new minimal running shoe – thank you!! We narrowed it down to three and would love a vote on your favorite: A. Barefleets (submitted by “ainulindale”) B. RunAmoc (submitted by “nathan”) C. Mocathon (submitted by “ainulindale”) It was hard to narrow the field […]

  2. All the Hype...

    We have noticed… and shared… a lot of information lately about barefoot running. It seems this topic has really taken off in the general media. I just did a quick search on ‘barefoot running news’ and found that CBS News, ABC News, and WebMD have all posted articles on barefoot running in the last couple […]

  3. Soft Star Running Experiment - Final Notes

    After wearing my Soft Stars exclusively to work/play in all of 2009, a few months ago I started to experiment with running in my “minimal” Soft Stars on the advice of our customers. After 4 months of trying out both moccasins and ramblers, I’m happy to have graduated to actual “running” a few miles at […]

  4. 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, […]

  5. Barefoot Walking - Update

    It has been 4 weeks since my last post where I shared my intent to try out barefoot walking. I decided to give it a try after talking with our many customers who are quite devoted to barefoot running – and who love Soft Star Shoes for when they “have” to wear shoes. My goal […]

  6. Barefoot Running....errrr... Walking

    Soft Star has a growing contingent of barefoot runners knocking on our workshop door looking for footwear. Who are barefoot runners, you ask? Athletes who run either completely barefoot, or with some type of minimal shoe. Check out Donald’s blog entry titled “The Barefoot Revolution” for a great overview (see his 8/27 post). Donald is […]

  7. Minimal Shoes for Maximum Health

    Softstar running mocs after 60 miles of running on asphalt Tue Jepsen is a 26-year-old runner from Denmark with a passion for minimal shoes. When Tue called last month for some Softstar Shoes to test out the Elves were happy to send him a pair. He ran over 60 miles in the shoes and loved them—a […]

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