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spry adj. quick, nimble, agile, vigorous, lively. [1740-1750; cf. Swedish dialectical sprygg, brisk.]

feet plural noun. those below-the-ankle-joint parts of the legs on which one stands and moves. [before 900; cf. Middle English fot, foot.]

.com abbr. most common top-level domain in Internet addresses.

SpryFeet.com noun. website providing practical research for runners and walkers. [2009]

Usage Note: In written English, SpryFeet.com and spryfeet.com refer to the same website, as in You ought to subscribe to the spryfeet.com RSS feed. Many visitors refer to this simply as SpryFeet (a trademark), as in Did you see that recommendation at SpryFeet?

Hi, my name is Kirk Mahoney, and I am addicted to walking and running. (Say it in unison: “Hello, Kirk!”)

I created SpryFeet.com as a place to share practical research about running and walking.

You’re ready to make your walking or running more enjoyable?  I’m here for you. If you’re someone who wants the details on something before you buy it, but you’re not good at research or you don’t have the time for it, that’s where I come in.

You see, I’m detail-oriented to the extreme, I’m very skillful at research (more on that in a moment), and I love walking and running.

Okay, you’re saying to yourself, “I can just go to Google and they’ll give me all the info on the subject”, but then you have twenty websites to study, and you have to make a comparative decision on it all.

For example, suppose you want to find the best running shoes for people who have just had bunion surgery.

Where do  you start?

The inefficient way: Everybody says “Google it!”,  but then Google returns 237,000 matches, many of them have nothing to do with what you’re seeking,  and none of them connect all the dots to help you make a decision.

The efficient way: Ask me, and I will research the topic and report what I found here — in a form that makes sense for you to take the next step. And you usually won’t have to ask me, because I am constantly investigating many running and walking topics and reporting my practical research here.

So now you might be wondering whether I have the skills to do the research and tie it all together for you.

Fair question.

Only those who read this far — and maybe a few others — know that I earned a Ph.D. in Biomathematics from UCLA School of Medicine, specializing in positron emission tomography.

What does this mean for you?

Put simply, I know how to look stuff up — probably better than a librarian — and how to put it together into something meaningful and valuable for you. You don’t earn a highly-interdisciplinary doctorate in the sciences without this skill.

And now you might be wondering what is in it for this Kirk guy?

Sure, there are plenty of websites that recommend things only because they generate referral fees.

But SpryFeet.com is not one of them. Read on …

True, SpryFeet.com is a business, not a hobby. Just like a medical doctor who tells you that he or she is endorsing a product or service in return for a referral fee, I will tell you that many of the links in my reports are for products and services for which I can earn a referral fee.

And this makes my recommendations valuable. Why? Because it is in my best interest to only recommend things that I know will be valuable to you.

If I have tried something, then I will tell you. And I will always give you links to what I am cussing or discussing.

So you can count on me to give you the straight scoop on something because my whole graduate-school training and personal orientation is to research the heck out of something before I buy it.

You must be like that, too, or you would not be here.

You want to know about tips and tricks to make your running or walking more enjoyable. And you do not always have a lot of time to research what is available.

Again, that is where I come in. My goal is to find videos, news stories, product announcements, and so on that relate in some way to your passion for running or walking.

When you combine my detail-oriented character flaw trait with my obsession and skill for research and my passion for walking and running, you get SpryFeet.com.

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