

Today’s guest blogger, REI employee Ching Fu, recounts the soaring highs and chilly lows of her bike tour of the entire Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway last summer: It had been raining for 3 days straight, and I was ready to just be home. But I had to keep pedaling. The bitter cold rain was an unwelcome surprise, especially since it was July in the southeast... ...
The five-fingered shoe seems to fit, and a growing number of footwear-makers showcasing their 2011 product lines here at the summer Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake City are getting in step with the natural-motion program. Phenomenon is more like it. Spurred on by the ongoing popularity of the Christopher McDougall book Born to Run and a steady wave of converts, “barefoot,” “minimalist” or “natural motion” footwear styles are in a boom phase for 2011. Merrell, Nike, Saucony, Brooks and ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on August 5, 2010 6:51 PM & Tagged Merrell, Outdoor Retailer, Superfeet, Vibram, barefoot running and footwear | permalink | Comments
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