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The Living Barefoot Show Episode 44: An Interview with Asher Clark and Lee Saxby

By Al Gauthier ⋅ February 2, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

We interview Lee Saxby and Asher Clark.
Asher Clark, the head designer at Terra Plana and Vivobarefoot, tells us about his career path, shoe design, and gives some hints about the product we can expect in the coming months and even years. Lee faces a challenging question about whether Vivobarefoot training clinics are a conflict of interest. We discuss recent Harvard study results and the effects these results have on both Lee and Asher’s work. See and Asher give their predictions for the future. Join us for this frank and interesting interview.

So, you wanna start running barefoot?

By Al Gauthier ⋅ May 2, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

This article was originally published on Barefoot Ted’s Adventures So, you wanna start running barefoot?: “Firstly, before you begin, you want to evaluate what it is that is leading you to even accept the logic behind the concept of barefoot running. We all know that barefoot running has gotten a lot of attention lately. Much [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]