Barefoot Running | Christopher McDougall

By Christopher McDougall
Barefoot Running | Parade.com: “Every year, countless Americans stop exercising–or don’t even start–due to leg and foot pain. In response, athletic-shoe companies have poured millions of dollars into new cushioning, arch support, and shock absorbers. But despite this technological firepower, as many as six out of 10 runners are estimated to get injured [...]

Boulder duo promotes barefoot running – Boulder Daily Camera

Boulder duo promotes barefoot running:
Co-founders Michael Sandler, right, and Jessica Lee of the Barefoot Running club in Boulder, are shown while testing out various shoes in Steamboat Springs, to further their minimalist footwear research. (Steamboat Pilot & Today, Matt Stensland)
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The idea that Michael Sandler would be one of the men leading [...]

A different approach to the sport of running | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/11/2009

A different approach to the sport of running | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/11/2009: “A different approach to the sport of running
The Wow! moment came when Chris McDougall raised his left leg and displayed the bottom of his bare foot. It was smooth, with no calluses or blisters.
The members of the girls’ cross-country team at Lower [...]

Natural running & healthy living

barefootrunner.com : natural running & healthy living » Lead Story » Do Running Shoes Cause Injuries?: “Do Running Shoes Cause Injuries?
By David • Mar 16th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story • ShareThis
Original post on RailRiders.com/blog. Republished with author’s permission.
A very insightful post that captures the history and future of running footwear. Hope you like it. [...]

Globe & Mail Interviews Living Barefoot’s Al Gauthier & Tina Dubois

There is also the Living Barefoot (www.livingbarefoot.info) site which launched in January and hosts The Barefoot Living Show podcast, launched yesterday. Founder and Vancouver barefooter Al Gauthier says membership has grown to about 140 people, with traffic reaching 4,000 hits a month.

The painful truth about trainers: Are running shoes a waste of money?

Thrust enhancers, roll bars, microchips…the $20 billion running – shoe industry wants us to believe that the latest technologies will cushion every stride. Yet in this extract from his controversial new book, Christopher McDougall claims that injury rates for runners are actually on the rise, that everything we’ve been told about running shoes is wrong [...]

Barefoot hiking: just doff it

Barefoot hiking: just doff it
Earth Island Journal ,  Fall, 1997 by Darren Richardson
A walk in the woods can be the perfect escape from the stresses and fast pace of modem life. Hiking [...]

Feet First — One step at a time

Stepping in the mud and muck, grass and gravel, has these nature enthusiasts extolling the virtues of going shoeless

By Kasha Stoll
The Capital-JournalWhen a group of 13 barefoot hikers got bottlenecked at a muddy pass on the Emporia State University nature trail recently, Linda Jones reminded them why they were there.
“Just trek on through,” she hollered [...]

‘Barefoot Stew,’ 83

‘Barefoot Stew,’ 83 – Served in U.S. military, drove stock cars, lived life without shoes
In one of his many other lives, Punditty takes to the trails several times a year with a group of barefoot hikers. While this may not sound like everyone’s idea of a good time, the 3- to 5-hour walks (with snack [...]

Walking Barefoot

Walking barefoot

During today’s BBC Countryfile programme, there was an interesting feature on Edgar Brown – a man who enjoys walking in the countryside with no shoes and socks on.
Now this captured my imagination – as a child I loved nothing better than walking through the fields around our house barefoot, taking in all the sensations [...]