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The Living Barefoot Show – Episode 5 – Interview with Barefoot Ted

By Al Gauthier ⋅ October 5, 2009 ⋅

We Interview Barefoot Ted: An avid barefooter, Barefoot Ted tells us the story about how he became a barefooter, started his own line of shoes, and was featured in the best selling book, Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. Also in our show, the barefoot news and more. Run Time: 59 minutes, 4 seconds.

September 17th, 2009 Episode 5

Barefoot News, Interview with Barefoot Ted – BarefootTed.com

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Featured Interview: Christopher McDougall – Author of Born to Run

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Christopher McDougall is a well-spoken, humble man who has through the popularity of his book brought about some of the biggest changes in the perception of feet and running in recent years. Join us in learning about how this talented author wrote his book, discovered his feet, and how he feels about barefooting and running. This interview should not be missed.

We Talk about:

- Chris’s recent appearance at the TED Conference

- Thoughts on Interviews In General

- His first exposure to barefoot running

- How he came to find the Tarahumara while on assignment for the New York Times.

- He thoughts on his influence over barefoot running and ultra running

- How he struggled with writing Born to Run

- This thoughts on minimalist shoes

- And much more!

To learn more about Christopher McDougall visit his website: http://chrismcdougall.com

Buy His Book: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
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4 comments for “The Living Barefoot Show – Episode 5 – Interview with Barefoot Ted”

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I enjoyed the interview with Barefoot Ted, I am going to check out his book tomorrow. Being a fitness consultant here in NYC I have conducted my indoor and prior outdoor BootCamp classes barefooted and welcome participants to do the same if they wish. I started back running the streets again after a near 2 year layoff and only recently running the westside highway in my 5finger vibrams and I simply love it. My calf muscle, feet and I have been relearning to work in a whole new way. My background is as a dancer, I specialize in African dance and Acrobatics, so this is too a come back around and at 52 years of age. Hey tell Bob he got my interested up checking out skateboarding and Victorian Big wheel bicycling. If I can find one would love to try it, hell I have 2 Unicycles and 1 6′Uni just sitting in the closet for many years. Hey, I gotta make time. Well, anyway, given, will be running my 1st 10k in my 5fingers in Brooklyn Oct 11th, will keep you posted. Last, I want to win a pair of the those new Treks, SIZE 44 PLEASE!!! All the best. AA

Posted by Akwesi Akwesi | September 20, 2009, 16:20
Me again. I also purchase my 1st pair of the Vivobarefoot Dharma and have been loving them right out the box. Hey, If Ted has any sandal give aways or kits, books or what have you, please put my name in the litter, along with the Vibrams. Thanks

Posted by Akwesi Akwesi | September 20, 2009, 16:26
Hi Akwesi, We give away as much free stuff as possible, but there is always something you need to do for it, so stay tuned to the site for announcements!

Posted by Al Gauthier | September 20, 2009, 16:30
Hi Akwesi, Just to let you know that Barefoot Ted didn’t write the book. He was featured in Born to Run, which was written by Christopher Macdougall.

Posted by Al Gauthier | September 20, 2009, 16:32