Ken Bob Saxton

Ken Bob Saxton, also known as "Barefoot Ken Bob" is a prominent barefoot runner from California.. Ken has been referred to as the "godfather" of the burgeoning barefoot running movement, and has run over 70 marathons, hundreds of shorter races, and one 50K trail ultramarathon all barefoot. .

Ken started the Running Barefoot website in 1997, and later started a Running Barefoot forum (hosted at Yahoo! since 2001) to promote and discuss barefoot running. Ken has run barefoot since childhood (in northwestern lower Michigan), and completed his first marathon (with shoes) in 1987, and his first barefoot marathon in 1998, claiming that it was simply the most comfortable way for him to run (having tried a marathon with shoes, 11 years prior).

Now he is an outspoken advocate of barefoot running. Ken openly acknowledges that barefoot running may not be suitable for all runners - only those who were born with bare feet - and hopes to explore the matter further with a book and a movie in the future. Ken does, however, seek to demonstrate the abundance of anecdotal evidence for barefoot running through his website. Ken holds a Bachelor of Arts in Radio, Television and Film from CSULB and an Associate of Science in Electronic Communication from Northwestern Michigan College, and is a vegan.

Barefoot Ken Bob also has a personal blog at BarefootKenBob.com.

References

References: (1) Christopher McDougall, "Born to Run" (2009) (2) http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/aug/14/q_ken_bob_saxton_barefootrunning_pioneer/ (3) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1325981857952404156# (4) http://runningbarefoot.org/?page_id=2739