The Free Exchange of Knowledge: How Our World Has Changed

While skimming through my blogroll at the right of this page, I came across a post written by my friend Kate. She wrote about the free exchange of knowledge, which is a passionate topic for me. I've written about this topic before, but Kate's post struck a chord. She mentioned a post I had written …

Are Trail Runners Happier?

By Kate Kift This isn’t an article about whether “trail runners” are better than “road runners”.  I have long learnt that this is a topic more controversial than religion or politics - I admit that my title is a little misleading.  I am more interested in the theory relating to depression and nature; or to …

A Whole Lotta News!

Merrell Bareform clinic and group run at Ramsey Outdoor in Succsunna, NJ, Merrell Barefoot Jam in NYC, NYC Barefoot Run, the trip to the Pacific NW, Born to Run, and a free ebook dedicated to homemade gym equipment! Merrell Bareform Clinic and Group Run Let's start with this one:  this Friday (September 23rd) we'll be …

Definition of a Perfect Runner

By BR Staff Writer Kate Kift [This post is a follow-up to Kate's post "What is a Runner?"    -editor] I was once running on a easy trail around my bit of the world, headphones on, chilling out, when a man on the boardwalk motioned to me.  I went over to him and he spent …

What Is A “Runner?”

By Kate Kift, BRU Staff Writer Quite often when we meet new people in a social situation, we are asked "What do you do?".  Very few of us will turn around and say "I am a runner".  If you did then you are usually pretty famous and would probably say "athlete" more than "runner".  Or,  …

Review of the KittyK “Smithie’s”

[The following post was written by BRU contributing writer Kate Kift.  Read more of Kate's work here, and check out her blog "Ramblings on Barefoot Running, Motherhood, and Life."] At the moment whenever a new minimalist shoe is in development or is about to be released, the internet is swamped with press-releases and reviews.  It's …

A Love Letter to Trail…

[The following post was written by Kate Kift.  Kate is one of the writers I recently recruited to occasionally write for BRU.  Check out her blog "Ramblings on Barefoot Running, Motherhood, and Life" to read more.] Dear Trail, I have been a secret fan of yours for a long time and I think it's time …