My publisher informed me this week that boxes of the 5th edition of Fixing Your Feet are on their way to the warehouses. That means to the publisher’s warehouses where they will immediately start filling orders from Amazon and Barnes & Nobel, and distributors, and stores.
I am excited because this is the best edition yet. With each edition, I make changes, add new chapters, and tighten up the content. This edition has a new chapter on Barefoot & Minimalist Footwear, and another on Getting the Most out of Fixing Your Feet. Every chapter has been updated and most have new content. All products and their websites have been verified. The Taping chapter has been extensively reworked and includes a series of photos that show taping. It’s 369 pages in length.
I am especially happy with the cover. Truth be told, I never liked the old photo. It looked staged and was wrong in many ways. My search for the perfect photo ended with success. I found a photo taken at the Utah Primal Quest a few years ago and recognizing world-renowned adventure racer Ian Adamson in the photo, contacted him. He put me in touch with Dan Campbell, the photographer. The new photo is great. It shows Ian having his feet patched. The photo is true to life – foot care in the field. Dirty feet. An adventure racer interrupting his race to mend his feet, a grimace on his face as the tape is applied.
The new Foreword is by Brian Krabak, a sports medicine physician In Washington and the medical director of the Racing the Planet 4 Desert Series. He writes, “Take care of your feet and the world is yours to enjoy. Ignore your feet and life can be a miserable experience.” So true – as many athletes have learned.
So here is my offer.
Send me an email and tell me about your most terrible, horrible, very bad feet experience. Try and keep it to 300 words. I will ask Denise Jones, the Badwater Blister Queen, to pick the best story. The winner will win a free, autographed copy of the 5th edition. Entries must be submitted by January 31. If you submit a story, you might see it in print. Photos are always welcome as long as they go with the story.
If you want to order copies of Fixing Your Feet, 5th edition, here is the Amazon link. Amazon will have it by February 1.
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