Barefoot Ted's Adventures

18/03/2021

Best health tonic?

08/03/2021

Barefoot Ted's Adventures highly recommends Matt Graham and his Workshop Retreats. Next one coming in April. Sign up now!

I am blessed to know so many cool and impactful people and Matt Graham is one full of a lot of amazing living wisdom. If you are up for a learning adventure, see if you can make it to his next workshop.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/primitive-skills-weekend-workshop-retreat-with-matt-graham-tickets-142175301153?internal_ref=social

Join primitive skills expert Matt Graham for a weekend in the wilderness filled with learning some of the most important bushcraft skills.

04/12/2020

Trying to get a feel as to how BFT thinks about things? This recent podcast should help you see his way of waying.

"The realisation that it’s not the technology we need to add, it’s the technology we need to remember" Playing a very lively role in the best selling running...

04/12/2020

J. William Lloyd made a great case for running in the 1890s and lived healthy and sharp into his 80s exchanging deep letters with Aldous Huxley and publishing articles and books to the very end. Died in his sleep.

In the 1890s J. William Lloyd was preaching running as one of the very best exercises. Not too much running and not competitive running per se. Rather, the daily practice of just the right amount. I have been following his insights for some time now...and I must say, I have never been happier or healthier. Gratitude.

07/11/2020

See you in the Canyons.

06/08/2020

Enjoy this my latest podcast interview

I really don’t know how to introduce my next guest he first featured in arguably the best selling and most inspiring running book of all time Born to Run, I remember how reading about how the Tarahumara totally opened up my mind to what was humanly possible. Ted McDonald aka Barefoot Ted inspired ...

16/07/2020

Someone painted the scene of where most of my adventures take place in West Beach. Santa Barbara provides one with all the best features of California all in one place. Big mountains, big trees, long beaches, marinas, surf, bike paths, hiking trials, etc.

Come visit us sometime!

12/05/2020

Learn more about my philosophy on running and life in this most excellent interview with Luis Escobar

“Live your life in the moment. Don’t forget to do that. Every time you lose your mind, just remember that and you’re back.” Barefoot Ted McDonald is the owner of Luna Sandals and pivotal character in the book Born To Run. Luis and Ted share stories growing up in the surf and skate culture of...

20/03/2020

Barefoot Ted’s Adventures

19/03/2020

12/02/2020

One of my unique and truly effective (and super fun) training tools: the Rickshaw.

I’ve developed a human harness setup to allow for arms free pulling!

Come to a Barefoot Ted Adventure Retreat and you’ll pull this too ;-)

10/02/2020

The beach makes everything better.

04/02/2020

Beach = Primal fitness playground.

03/02/2020

My retreats will always be introducing folks to the benefits of healing waters, of the contrasts of hot and cold for building resiliency and vitality. It works.

03/02/2020

Short and friendly barefoot hikes - awareness and connection peak as you move through nature thus.

28/01/2020

Barefoot Ted's Adventures - it's about experience, it's all about flow, it's all about fun and feeling good in your body in this world.

23/01/2020

What is a "Primal Retreat" ?

https://www.barefootted.com/primalfitnessretreats

Barefoot Ted's Adventures - Primal Retreats

10/01/2020

Winter is a great time to experience Santa Barbara and a Barefoot Ted’s Primal Lifestyle Full Day Retreat - a whole day of techniques and strategies that will deepen your connection to the best things you own - your body and your mind.

30/11/2019

25% off LUNA Sandals - Free Your Feet!

www.LUNAsandals.com

25/08/2019

I have been dreaming about finding that perfect spot to host friends and athletes from around the world for a weekend of primal fitness and good old beach time. I found it!

13/06/2019

How about a legit BAREFOOT TED's ADVENTURES kind of an adventure? Here's one...and it's gonna be AWESOME!!!

For the month of June we are offering a 20% registration discount across all distances for the Copper Canyons Endurance Runs. Use code: COPPER at checkout through Ultra Signup. https://ultrasignup.com/register.aspx?did=65512

05/06/2019

Trying to find the backstory to "Barefoot Ted" - this original writing of mine gets you up to speed in less than 1200 words. No small feat.

Page 261 in the latest "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good" titled: The Roots of Barefoot Ted McDonald

"The Roots of Barefoot Ted" page 261 in the "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Running for Good" book out now.

30/05/2019

If you are in Santa Barbara next week June 6th, stop on by!

Come meet Barefoot Ted at the new Roots Trading Post in Santa Barbara. He will be there to sign the newest

29/04/2019

Hope to see some running adventure opportunities pop up in the next month here in Santa Barbara. Stay tuned.

08/02/2019

Your feet contain a human “super power” - they have been the primary human vehicle of adventure and connection, survival and spiritual questing. Don’t let them go to waste. Use them today!

Times of India story: "Barefoot Ted tells a tale of 'super power of simple feet'

09/07/2018

Latest interview of BFT.

While he’s best known as his “Barefoot Ted” character, Ted McDonald is much more. Ultra runner, for sure. Entrepreneur, of course. Laid-back philosopher, absolu...

28/05/2018

To live in an old shack by the sea
(And breathe the sweet salt air)
To live with the dawn and the dusk
The new moon and the full moon
The tides the wind and the rain…
To surf and comb the beach
And gather seashells and drift-wood
And know the thrill of loneliness
And lose all sense of time
And be free

To hike over the island to the village
And visit the marketplace
And enjoy the music and the food and the people
And do a little trading
And see the great ships come and go
And, man, have me a ball

And in the evening
(When the sky is on fire)
Heaven and earth become my great open cathedral
Where all men are brothers
Where all things are bound by law
And crowned with love
Poor, alone and happy
I walk by the surf
And make a fire on the beach
And as darkness covers the face of the deep
Lie down in the wild grass
And dream the dream that the dreamers dream
I am the wind, the sea, the evening star
I am everyone, anyone, no one

Eden Ahbez - Full Moon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7DMqPdgMuM

To live in an old shack by the sea And breathe the sweet salt air To live with the dawn and the dusk The new moon and the full moon The tides the wind and th...

11/05/2018

Solowheel ride from Stearns Wharf to the Santa Barbara Harbor on low tide beach. Join me. Book an appointment with BFT Adventures.

http://bftadventures.simplybook.me/v2/

10/05/2018

Come learn how to surf without waves ;-)