{"id":2565,"date":"2011-03-23T16:04:28","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T21:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2011-03-23T16:04:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-23T21:04:28","slug":"vibram-five-fingers-minimalist-demo-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2011\/vibram-five-fingers-minimalist-demo-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Vibram Five Fingers &#038; Minimalist Demo Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img\" style=\"margin: 1em; display: block;\">\n<div style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/25782133@N00\/4591371741\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1020344\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4003\/4591371741_7b7f8ef6a0_m.jpg?resize=240%2C160\" alt=\"P1020344\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by mexican 2000 via Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Saturday, March 26<br \/>\n10:30am<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.midwestmtn.com\/current-events\/events-calendar#YYYYMMDDhhmm201103261030\"> Minimalist Footwear Class and Demo Run<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.midwestmtn.com\/\"> Midwest Mountaineering<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share one runner\u2019s journey and the joys of adapting feet and running form to minimalist footwear, specifically Vibram Five Finger \u201cToe Shoes.\u201d  Jim Baumiller is a passionate trail runner and early adopter of Five Fingers, eager to share experiences, lessons learned and the benefits of running barefoot or minimalist in unpadded footwear.  Make trail running fun again, improve running form, eliminate chronic injuries and reconnect with Mother Earth, letting feet and soul run free.  He covers \u201cwhy go minimalist,\u201d how to safely adapt feet and running form to running without padded shoes in any terrain, any season, any distance.  The class will last approximately one hour and be followed by a run using your own or demo Five Fingers.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Young, Footwear Coordinator, will be on hand to make sure the five Fingers are properly fitted.  Bring your regular running shoes.  Preregistration only required for the demo run \u2013 limited to 16 participants.   612-339-3433  612-339-3433 Expedition Room, Midwest Mountaineering<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=625\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, March 26 10:30am Minimalist Footwear Class and Demo Run Midwest Mountaineering Share one runner\u2019s journey and the joys of adapting feet and running form to minimalist footwear, specifically Vibram Five Finger \u201cToe Shoes.\u201d Jim Baumiller is a passionate trail runner and early adopter of Five Fingers, eager to share experiences, lessons learned and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[38],"tags":[607,608,609],"class_list":["post-2565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shoes","tag-five-fingers","tag-minimalism","tag-vibram-five-finger"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4iaAv-Fn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2358,"url":"https:\/\/www.teamcrossworld.com\/running\/2010\/first-thoughts-saucony-kinvara\/","url_meta":{"origin":2565,"position":0},"title":"First Thoughts: Saucony Kinvara","author":"crossn81","date":"October 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I got a free pair of Saucony Progrid Kinvara in the mail on Friday. 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