Video time! The NY Times Roving Runner tries barefoot running

By Nicole Gauthier ⋅ July 25, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

The Roving Runner who writes for the NY Times shot a video where he was introduced to barefoot running by Chris McDougall. Check it out! The Roving Runner on youtube

The Today Show: EasyTones, Shape-Ups, and Five Fingers, Oh My!

By Nicole Gauthier ⋅ July 24, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Birthday Shoes has posted a video of Al Roker, Matt Lauer, and co. from the Today show talking about new trends in footwear, including those shape up runners and also Five Fingers. Interesting vid especially when Al says that his orthopaedic surgeon told him that he wanted Al to wear more supportive shoes. This article [...]

We Interview Christopher McDougall – Author of Born to Run

By Al Gauthier ⋅ July 13, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

We Interview Christopher McDougall – Author of Born to Run Christopher McDougall is a well-spoken, humble man who has through the popularity of his book brought about some of the biggest changes in the perception of feet and running in recent years. Join us in learning about how this talented author wrote his book, discovered [...]

Things Fall Apart

By Nicole Gauthier ⋅ July 12, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This article was originally published on Running and Rambling Running and Rambling posted an interesting short article on the durability of Minimalist footwear. How long should they last? Does anyone know? Since minimalist shoes can be more like slippers I would think that they wouldn’t be as durable as say a runner or sneaker. They [...]

Review of Terra Plana’s Evo Running Shoe

By Tina ⋅ July 6, 2010 ⋅ 5 comments

Vivo Barefoot Evo Review By Tina Dubois Minimalist Running Shoe Series Vivo Barefoot Evo Review We are very pleased to review the new Evo running-specific shoe from Terra Plana’s Vivo Barefoot product line. After wearing them every day for seven weeks, I am thoroughly impressed. They are as comfortable while walking as they are while [...]

We Interview Daniel Howell, Author of The Barefoot Book on The Living Barefoot Show

By Al Gauthier ⋅ July 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

We Interview Daniel Howell The Living Barefoot Show – Episode 16 – We Interview Daniel Howell, Author of The Barefoot Book. Daniel’s book is a wonderful addition to the barefooters library. Using diagrams and covering subjects that few other books have covered in great details, Daniel goes into great detail of how the foot works, [...]

Getting started with barefoot running

By Nicole Gauthier ⋅ July 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Okay, this is article from InvisibleShoe is a bit of a rant, but it’s a good starting out guide. Check it out… This article was originally published on InvisibleShoe.com Getting started with barefoot running: “ Imagine that you haven’t lifted weights in a while… or ever. And imagine that you got the idea that [...]

One more for 2011… | ADVENTUREinPROGRESS

By Nicole Gauthier ⋅ July 4, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Adventure in progress found a video about a new line of minimalist runners from Golite. In the video though, the foot strike the Golite guy demonstrates is a shod heel strike. Not sure if these really are meant for barefooters. You decide. This article was originally published on Adventure in Progress One more [...]

Soft Star RunAmoc Update; Soft Star Video Contest

By Nicole Gauthier ⋅ June 30, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Running and Rambling shows us his Run Amocs after 500 miles of running. I like the style of these mocs and it just goes to show that we make progress sometimes by going back and revisiting the technology of the past. Also, if you like these shoes, there is a contest on until August 15th, [...]

Practical Barefoot Running

By Nicole Gauthier ⋅ June 30, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Rob from Barefoot Running has posted an article debunking some mainstream media myths and provides a short guide for getting started on your barefoot running journey. This article was originally published on Barefoot Running Practical Barefoot Running: Myths: You will never get injured again. You will cure your injuries. Just shuck off your shoes [...]

Research project comparing injury rates between shod and unshod runners

By Nicole Gauthier ⋅ June 30, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This article was originally published on Distance Minimally – Going the Distance with Less Hey all Barefoot Runners that run at least 20 miles per week! Are you willing to participate in a survey based research project looking at injury differences between barefoot and shod runners? Follow the link for some details! Research project comparing [...]

Hangin’ with Barefoot Ken Bob, the Grandfather of Shoeless Running

By Al Gauthier ⋅ June 29, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This article was originally published on Barefoot Phil Hangin’ with Barefoot Ken Bob, the Grandfather of Shoeless Running: “ Running with Ken Bob Saxton was an eye-opener. I’d been thinking I had this stuff all figured out, but with his 1000s of miles of barefoot experience and ever thoughtful approach, BKB gave me a new [...]

The Living Barefoot Show Episode 15 – We Interview Michael Sandler, Author of Barefoot Running

By Al Gauthier ⋅ June 26, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

We interview Michael Sandler, Author of Barefoot Running – How to Run Light and Free by Getting in Touch with the Earth. Listen to the story how Michael’s near death experience led him to become a barefoot runner. Michael talks about his personal history, about how and why he wrote his book. Michael gives us [...]

The Living Barefoot Show – Episode 13 – May 15th, 2010 We Interview Jason Robillard

By Al Gauthier ⋅ May 15, 2010 ⋅ One comment

The Living Barefoot Show – Latest Episode – May 15th, 2010 Episode 13 ** Free Giveaway – Listen to the show to find out how to win! ** Jason Robillard has been a barefooter since 1992 and has been racing barefoot since 2006. His passion for barefooting and barefoot running finally led him to become [...]

The Guinness World Record Largest Barefoot Race, Mind the Ducks, and General Barefoot Ramblings

By Al Gauthier ⋅ May 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This article was originally published on Barefoot Chronicles The Guinness World Record Largest Barefoot Race, Mind the Ducks, and General Barefoot Ramblings: “ Today is the eve of the Barefoot Runners Society ‘Largest Barefoot Race’ where we will set the Guinness World Record. I have been fretting over the details of the event for weeks [...]

Build Up Muscle Strength For Barefoot Running

By Al Gauthier ⋅ May 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This article was originally published on Naturally Engineered Build Up Muscle Strength For Barefoot Running: “ No matter how great a runner you are, you’re going to have to take some time to let your body adjust to running around in Vibram Five Fingers, even more so when completely barefoot. The benefits of learning to [...]

The Living Barefoot Show Podcast – Episode 11 Released!

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 4, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

The Living Barefoot Show Podcast – Episode 11 Released! We speak to Anna Papij about barefooting in Australia, running in minimalist shoes including Nike Free’s and Vibram FiveFinger. She talks about good barefoot / minimalist running form as well as her thoughts on the Pose method of running. Adam Wik, from MoveFreeShoes tells us about [...]

Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman on Barefoot Running (Video)

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 2, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Video This excellent short video done by Nature features Dr. Daniel Lieberman explaining the benefits of barefoot running.

Why Barefoot?

By Al Gauthier ⋅ December 6, 2009 ⋅ 14 comments

Why Barefoot? Because being barefoot is healthy for you! Because being barefoot can feel great! Because being barefoot is how our bodies were designed! Have you ever stopped to think about why we need so much support and protection? The answer is that we don’t. The answer is that the more we wear shoes, the [...]

‘Wired’ on Running Without Shoes

By Tina ⋅ July 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

David Tweney, Senior Editor at Wired.com, agrees that ‘To Run Better, Start by Ditching Your Nikes‘.

VFF Review on Wired

By Tina ⋅ July 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Vibram FiveFingers KSO and Classic have been reviewed by Wired. You can read the review and watch a cool video comparing barefoot, VFF, and normal running shoe running form at: http://www.wired.com/reviews/product/pr_vibram_fivefingers_kso.

Avid User of the Vibram FiveFingers Line Answers Questions

By Al Gauthier ⋅ July 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Keith Krone from http://keith-in-training.com answers questions from readers of his blog about Vibram FiveFingers.

Review – Vibram FiveFingers: Classic, Sprint & KSO

By Al Gauthier ⋅ June 5, 2009 ⋅ 11 comments

Vibram FiveFingers: Review of the Sprint, KSO, and Classic Styles I could not do justice to the barefoot cause and not give these amazing shoes a chance for the spotlight. Vibram FiveFingers have perhaps received more press than any other shoe, but not because of how great they are. Abandoning all that is common in [...]

Barefoot Running Featured on CBC Radio Today

By Al Gauthier ⋅ May 11, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Canada’s public broadcaster, CBC, is going to be talking about the health benifits of barefoot running & running in Vibram FiveFingers. On The Current – 3rd Segment

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

By Al Gauthier ⋅ May 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

Run Softly, Naturally Can a Gait Makeover Improve Your Running?

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Run Softly, Naturally Can a Gait Makeover Improve Your Running? By Brian Metzler As featured in the March 2009 issue of Running Times Magazine For years, running coaches and elite athletes have preached that good running form is the key to efficient running and faster times. Cucuzzella is sharing what he learned about efficient form [...]

Barefoot in the park

By Al Gauthier ⋅ April 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A growing number of athletes claim running barefoot can change their lives and prevent all kinds of injuries. Lucy Atkins looks at the pains and the gains. Yanni Papastavrou regularly runs nearly nine miles from his home in Leyton, east London, to University College Hospital in central London. The 37-year-old medical research physicist runs 30 [...]

Why were you born with bare feet?

By Al Gauthier ⋅ February 15, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Or come to think of it when was the last time you walked around outside without your shoes on? If you are like most people then your feet rarely touch the ground. But nature has designed you and me to walk around in our bare feet for a reason. This article will explain why wearing [...]

The Barefoot Route

By Al Gauthier ⋅ January 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The Barefoot Route by Zoie Clift Original Here Some runners prefer to return to the basics of human locomotion. “The human foot is a work of art and a masterpiece of engineering.”—Leonardo Da Vinci Though it could have happened, running barefoot did not disappear with the advent of the running shoe. A subculture of runners [...]

Barefoot Running – by Michael Warburton

By Al Gauthier ⋅ January 19, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Barefoot Running Michael Warburton See the original Gateway Physiotherapy, Capalaba, Queensland, Australia 4157. Sportscience 5(3), sportsci.org/jour/0103/mw.htm, 2001 (2564 words) Reviewers: Caroline Burge, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4006, Australia; Larry M Feinman, Mountain Chiropractic, Lafayette, Colorado 80026, USA; Ian Shrier, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec H3T [...]

Kick Off Your Shoes and Run Awhile

By Al Gauthier ⋅ January 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Kick Off Your Shoes and Run Awhile By CHRISTOPHER McDOUGALL Published: June 23, 2005 – See original article UNTIL he met a reclusive tribe of near-mythical athletes at the bottom of a Mexican canyon, Micah True could never figure out why his running injuries got worse as his running shoes got better. Then, the Tarahumara [...]

A Little bit about LivingBarefoot.info

By Al Gauthier ⋅ January 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Welcome, we are glad you are here! This website, including our forums, is our gift back to the barefoot community. It has been with the help of the barefoot community and it’s various websites that we have been able to gain the knowledge I needed to be comfortable, and now an advocate for those who [...]

Barefoot Running Study

By Al Gauthier ⋅ January 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Running barefoot is associated with a substantially lower prevalence of acute injuries of the ankle and chronic injuries of the lower leg in developing countries, but well-designed studies of the effects of barefoot and shod running on injury are lacking. Laboratory studies show that the energy cost of running is reduced by about 4% when the feet are not shod. In spite of these apparent benefits, barefoot running is rare in competition, and there are no published controlled trials of the effects of running barefoot on simulated or real competitive performance.

Going Bare – The Case for Running Barefoot

By Al Gauthier ⋅ January 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Going Bare The Case for Running Barefoot By Pete Pfitzinger, M.S. As featured in the July August 2002 issue of Running Times Magazine Running shoes are wonderful things. They protect your feet from nails and broken glass, allow you to run on concrete, and are particularly useful on ice and snow. Running shoes also, however, [...]

Is it better to run barefoot?

By Al Gauthier ⋅ January 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

There are more than 30 million adult runners in the United States—plenty of active feet to fuel a $18.1 billion a year athletic shoe industry, according to the NDP Group, a global provider of consumer-industry information. Among the thundering hordes, however, a small but growing number are foregoing shoes altogether, following in the footsteps of [...]

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