About Kirk

“Practical research for runners and walkers” was the original tagline for SpryFeet.com. It was based on the fact that I love to run and walk, earned a Ph.D. from UCLA School of Medicine in a very practical field of scientific research called biomathematics, am a master at looking up stuff better than almost any librarian, and love to write about what I learn.

But soon after I published my first two books for runners and walkers, I had an epiphany. I was completing an exercise with a business coach, and I discovered that my top five core values were — and still are — integrity, growth, health, love, and happiness.

Then it dawned on me. The real reason that I launched SpryFeet.com in 2009 was to satisfy these core values while serving runners and walkers, and, more specifically, endurance runners and walkers.

As someone who has completed several marathons, I meet and train with many people who

(a) took up endurance running or walking recently or
(b) are long-time endurance runners and walkers.

But here is the sad part. The joy of the sport is gone for many of them. Maybe they took up endurance running or walking to lose weight, but then maybe they got sidelined by injuries. Or, maybe they have never gotten injured, but their workouts have gotten into a rut. Whatever the reason for their lack of joy with — or, worse, their antipathy toward — endurance running or walking, this is so unnecessary.

“I should reposition my website!” I realized. And so I have.

So “Happiness for endurance runners and walkers” became SpryFeet.com’s new tagline because that is my higher calling.

My mission is to help you to kindle happiness in your endurance running or walking while you enjoy growth and better health from the sport.

And I endeavor to do this while I serve you with love and integrity.

My entire working life has been about communication — from many different angles, and always in the service of others. Long before launching SpryFeet.com, I had the privilege and honor of being a medical photographer at a teaching hospital for many different medical and dental residencies. I also got to collaborate with the world’s best researchers in positron emission tomography (PET). I developed the first websites for the top plastic surgeons and dermatologists in the USA’s fourth largest city. And I have helped the largest telecommunications company in the world launch and troubleshoot Internet-protocol television (IPTV).

SpryFeet.com continues that “communication” thread through my working life as my very personal way to make the world a happier place.

Word-of-mouth is one of the most common reasons why people first visit SpryFeet.com. For example, an interview of me on BlogTalkRadio is one of the most popular interviews that the interviewer has done there. As another example, 58% of respondents to a SpryFeet.com survey said that a friend was responsible for them hearing about SpryFeet.com. And I feel very grateful for every one of my email subscribers, book buyers, report downloaders, and article readers, as well as everyone who has written a testimonial for one of my products.

You may also see SpryFeet.com in the news, such as on Google News right after I launched SpryFeet.com’s “Alert and Alive” pledge campaign, which urges runners and walkers to use cellphones safely on the road or trail.

I love to hear from readers like you.

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