BRS's California-San Diego Chapter President Emilie Reas in the news!
Grandma's Marathon: San Diego runner is barefoot and injury-free
By Duluth News Tribune
On her training runs through the streets of San Diego, Emilie Reas is reminded about once every mile by passersby that she is missing her shoes. In her most recent marathon, she counted more than 40 comments spectators and runners made about her bare feet — about one per kilometer.
Reas, 35, a neuroscientist at the University of California-San Diego, has been running for more than 20 years — since high school — and most of that time was spent in shoes.
But on Saturday, she'll toe the Grandma's Marathon start line just outside of Two Harbors and run 26.2 miles down Highway 61 to the finish line in Canal Park barefoot — across hot pavement, cobblestone and debris. To continue reading, please visit: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sp...hon-san-diego-runner-barefoot-and-injury-free
Grandma's Marathon: San Diego runner is barefoot and injury-free
Duluth News Tribune
On her training runs through the streets of San Diego, Emilie Reas is ... She shed her shoes in 2013 after reading that barefoot running could help ...
