LUNAtic ADVENTURES
- Barefoot Ted
- Born to Run
- Caballo Blanco
- caballo blanco ultra marathon
- Copper Canyons
- Huaraches
- LUNA Sandals
- Trail Running
- ultramarathon
- ultras
- Urique
- April 10, 2019
- 2 min read
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- Barefoot Ted
- Born to Run
- christopher mcdougall
- leadville
- leadville 100
- LUNA
- minimalist running
- Running
- running in sandals
- sandals
- Trail Running
- ultramarathon
- January 16, 2019
- 9 min read
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What do a dog collar, half a bottle of whiskey, an old fashioned wedding dress, an iPad, a new Nalgene, a bra, a tambourine, a coffee cup and a hula hoop have in common?
These are (some of) the remnants left by their exhausted former owners after spending four days at the Born to Run Ultra Marathon Extravaganza on a beautiful private ranch in Los Olivos, CA.
Majestic Oak trees were scattered across the rolling hills of dry grass around us. The marine layer was burning off and the morning sun was greeting us as we finished breakfast and lounged around camp. After some frisbee, a game of whiffle ball developed quickly as more people wanted to join the fun. There were no rules or teams, or maybe the rules and teams were made up and changed for each...
- 50k
- beer mile
- born to run
- Huaraches
- Luis escobar
- luna
- luna sandals
- Lunatics
- patrick sweeney
- running
- running in sandals
- trail running
- ultra
- ultramarathon
- June 07, 2018
- 6 min read
Barefoot Ted and other LUNAr Monkeys went down Mexico once again for the Caballo Blanco Ultra Marathon (formerly Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon). Here are some of our favorite memories, in photo form, from this year’s trip:
"About ten miles into the race I was bombing down a hill in my Osos. I looked around and realized that I was running at that moment with one Canadian, one German and one...
Buenas tardes from Panama!
Today was a MAGICAL day. For the first time in almost 3 months, since being inspired to go minimalist by Chris’s adventures in ‘Born to Run’, I was able to cruise around in my LUNA Leadville Pacers with no calf pain and for a distance similar to what I was running before throwing out my Nike trainers. I am bubbling with excitement. The recurring pain in the sides of...
- June 06, 2018
- 2 min read
Reading Christopher McDougall’s recent article titled “Born to Be Barefoot” was a great pleasure. His article succinctly confirms and validates for me the worthiness of the pursuit of personal understanding through self-experimentation and hints from the stories and traditions of our most ancient ancestors.
Christopher McDougall’s book “Born to Run” has moved a lot of us to reexamine what it means...
- barefoot running
- barefoot ted
- Born to Run
- borntorun
- christopher mcdougall
- five fingers
- minimalist sandals
- vibram
- June 06, 2018
- 4 min read
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