Barefoot Ted's visit to India - running schedule

Barefoot Ted

Barefoot Ted is an independent athlete committed to re-discovering primal natural human capacities and encouraging others to do the same. Having spent the last 7 years focused on mastering barefoot long distance running, BFT now focuses on sharing his insights through coaching clinics and speaking engagements. 

 

Many have come to know about him through the pages of Christopher McDougall's best-selling book "Born to Run", a book BFT likes to call his quirky PhD. thesis that he didn't have to write. 

 

"The Vibram FiveFinger shoes were initially used only by sailors. Ted McDonald saw the use for them in running. He had great difficulty in first convincing the makers of Vibram that these are good running shoes! The rest is history.

 

In 2009, Christopher McDougall wrote the book 'Born to Run', where he described the Tarahumaras of Mexico holding a 100 mile race in the Grand Canyon. Ted ran barefoot in it, and from then on came to be known as Barefoot Ted.

 

BFT lives in Seattle in America, and is an extremely affable person. He calls himself the 'Monkey Man', for, unlike humans, he has only one horizontal line in his palm, which incidentally, is a simian trait.  He always wears a monkey pendant, and is a great worshipper of Hanuman."

 

Ted has been featured in numerous articles and frequently interviewed. He enjoys sharing his philosophy of running and life to audiences large and small. 

 

BFT will be in India from 3rd to 15th February, 2012.

 

His program is as follows:

Sat, 4th Feb: Friendly run with Navi Mumbai Runners

http://runnersforlife.com/group/navimumbairunners/forum/topics/febr...

 

Sun, 5th Feb: Friendly run with Bandra – NCPA Mumbai Runners;

http://runnersforlife.com/forum/topics/19th-bandra-ncpa-group-train...

 Launch of running website “MarathoninMarathon.com”

 

Tue, 7th Feb: Friendly run with Pune Runners

Sat, 11th Feb: Talk on Running in Pondicherry, 5 to 6 pm.

Sun, 12th Feb: Auroville Half Marathon

 

Please feel free to be a part of the event that  is convenient to you.

Tags: Barefoot, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pondicherry, Running, Ted, Vibrams

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Permalink Reply by Venkat Krishnan on January 27, 2012 at 18:23

Looking forward to Ted's Talk and Run in Auroville.

Permalink Reply by Srivatsan M K on January 27, 2012 at 18:34

I am taking part in all 3 events - lets see if it makes me switch to minimalistic shoes :)

 

Permalink Reply by Jitendra on January 30, 2012 at 12:06

I'm in for Saturday's event in Navi Mumbai

Permalink Reply by avnish upadhyay on January 30, 2012 at 22:40

Thanks Sri for starting this discussion and sharing this info. I have seen one video of him in one of the TEDTalks . Amazing person. I tried running in PT shoes severel times in the past 3 months.  I will be in Auroville and hope it will help me greatly to go min way.

regards,

avnish

Srivatsan M K said:

I am taking part in all 3 events - lets see if it makes me switch to minimalistic shoes :)

 

Permalink Reply by Srivatsan M K on January 31, 2012 at 1:11

Thanks buddy - see u in Auroville..i am doing the Half though.

Permalink Reply by Srivatsan M K on February 2, 2012 at 8:39

Only those who register in the respective discussions or through FB will be eligible for the lucky draw for the "toegraphed' copy of Born to Run. Please register to avoid disappointment :)

Permalink Reply by Srivatsan M K on February 3, 2012 at 8:50

The Route for tomorrow's run with Barefoot Ted in Navi Mumbai is enclosed. Those interested, please be there by 5.45 am. We will start sharp at 6 am.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/146709085

Permalink Reply by Naeem Akram on February 4, 2012 at 0:06

Been a while since I last ran with BFT ( http://runningengineer.com/barefoot-ted-running-workshop/ ) - really looking forward to some pure barefoot fun Sat and Sun morning - see you there :)

Permalink Reply by Srivatsan M K on February 4, 2012 at 8:48

Naeem - It was good to see you today.

@All -  It was a fine Saturday morning with around 50 enthusiastic runners turning up at the base of Parsik Hill. Ted enthralled the audience with his experiences. At around 6.05 am, we started the 8.5 km run to SIES College via Palm Beach Road. Around 5-6 runners ran barefoot. Ted himself wore his speciality Sandals. Another 10 runners wore minimalistic shoes - vibrams etc. The rest ran with their regular shoes. The run was at an easy 6.30 mins/km pace. At the end of the run, we had a few group photographs which will get uploaded during the course of the day. We also had a lucky draw wherein 8 runners got a toegraphed copy of the"Born to Run" book. Some of us had to leave after that because we had office - the rest went with Ted to have darshan of the giant Hanuman Idol in the temple within the SIES Campus.

 

I would strongly encourage all to utilise tomorrow's run from Bandra to benefit from Ted's experience in barefoot running. If you are not confident of running the full 19.50 kms, please start from midway or atleast turn up at NCPA, Nariman Point for the post run discussions.

 

Cheers and look forward to tomorrow :)

Permalink Reply by Srivatsan M K on February 4, 2012 at 10:04

A few photographs from todays Navi Mumbai Run with Barefoot Ted

https://picasaweb.google.com/109310447560876328690/RunWithBareFootT...

Permalink Reply by Raj Prakash on February 5, 2012 at 12:16

Any scheduled event where we can get to meet Barefoot Ted today? I missed the morning schedule.

Permalink Reply by Srivatsan M K on February 6, 2012 at 6:53

Raj Prakash - Sorry but Ted's schedule is as outlined in the discussion.

Pune on Tuesday and then at Auroville. 

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