Barefoot running involves foregoing modern heavily-cushioned footwear, and either running completely unshod, or with barefoot running shoes that let you feel the ground beneath your toes while ...

Barefoot running and minimalist shoes offer less heel-cushioning. It is postulated that when an RFS runner changes from a traditional shoe to a minimalist shoe (or no shoe), landing on the heel will ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Barefoot shoes, designed to emulate the feel and benefits of walking (and running) barefoot, have gone from ...

The debate between running shoes and barefoot running has divided fitness enthusiasts for years. While modern footwear technology promises comfort, support, and injury prevention, advocates of ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Barefoot, five-finger, super-minimal, ...

If you are a seasoned marathon runner, you may have experienced that brief, bewildering moment mid-race when you realise the competitor cruising past you is missing seemingly crucial gear: shoes. The ...

Barefoot running was popularised by Christopher McDougall’s 2009 book Born to Run(Iván F. Irigoyen; Flickr.com/CC/by-nc-sa/2.0) Just like in art, there are ...