Altra Lone Peaks | Long Term Review

Altra Lone Peak – “Zero Drop” Trail Running Shoes I’ve deliberately held off writing a review of the Altra Lone Peaks until such a time as I felt I had been able to test them thoroughly in just about every condition and season possible. After a little over nine months of hard use I’m ready [..Read More..]

Filed Under: Barefoot, Footwear, Minimalist, Running

Flat Foot Rehabilitation | Four Months Later

Back in December I was asked by my friend Damien Tougas of ToeSalad.com if I would be interested in testing an insole system designed to help rehabilitate feet with the types of conditions I have. Before that Damien had been instrumental in encouraging me to take a different approach to dealing with the shin splints that had [..Read More..]

Filed Under: Barefoot, Footwear, Injuries

Patagonia Forerunner Quick Look | Win a Pair!

I’m currently test driving a pair of Patagonia Forerunner trail running shoes as a potential candidate for an upcoming GORUCK Challenge that I am doing in June – more on that another time – so I thought I’d share some of my initial thoughts and impressions. After just a few weeks of wearing the Forerunners [..Read More..]

Filed Under: Footwear, Giveaways

Hydropel vs. BodyGlide LP | The Results!

It was recently brought to my attention that I did not report back on the results of my ‘Hydropel vs. BodyGlide Blister Challenge‘ post from Aug 2011, just prior to my trip to Mt. Whitney – shout out and thanks to ‘dkramalc’ on the BPL forums for keeping me honest. For those that are new [..Read More..]

Filed Under: Blisters, First Aid, Footwear

Kigo Flit | Women’s Minimalist Shoe

Some of you noticed my remark on my previous post about the Kigo shoes I’ve been wearing, regarding my wife snagging my Drives to wear around because they are so comfortable. That resulted in me getting her a pair of Kigo Drive shoes in her size so that I could get mine back! Now I’m thinking [..Read More..]

Filed Under: Footwear, Minimalist, Reviews

Kigo Edge Minimalist Shoe Review

Regular readers of my blog will know that over the last several months I have been transitioning to wearing minimalist footwear. This started back in June of 2011 in an effort to combat decades of shin splint pain when running. After switching to a pair Merrell Trail Gloves and a forefoot striking pattern, my shin [..Read More..]

Filed Under: Barefoot, Footwear, Minimalist

Teva Nilch Review for ToeSalad.com

I recently wrote a detailed review of the Teva Nilch minimalist men’s water shoe for ToesSalad.com. If you’re interested in minimalist shoes go check out my review and take a look around ToeSalad.com – it’s an amazing resource for all things minimalist footwear. “Technically speaking, the Teva Nilch is a men’s water shoe, but in [..Read More..]

Filed Under: Footwear, Minimalist, Reviews

Barefoot Backpacking with Barefoot Jake

My name is Jake Morrison. Among the the Washington state outdoor communities and online hiking forums I’m known simply as ‘Barefoot Jake’ – you may have already heard of me. As far back as I can remember I’ve had an obsession with the outdoors and in particular the Olympic National Park. When I was a [..Read More..]

Filed Under: Barefoot, Footwear, Minimalist

ToeSalad.com: Interview with Damien Tougas

Regular readers of my blog may already know that I’ve been transitioning to a barefoot running style over the past few months. I’ve had painful shin-splints for the past decade and despite trying just about everything that I could, including buying expensive “padded” running shoes, I have been unable to get past the problem. That [..Read More..]

Filed Under: Barefoot, Footwear, Minimalist

Blister Challenge – May The Best Foot Win!

Well more accurately, may the luckiest foot win – depending on which of the these two products does the better job of protecting my feet from blisters. As part of my upcoming trip to Mt. Whitney in a few weeks, I’ll be doing a side-by-side test of Hydropel (right foot) and BodyGlide Liquified Powder (left [..Read More..]

Filed Under: Blisters, Footwear, Mt.Whitney
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