Still, it wasn't until 2009 that barefoot running became a hot topic. The biggest impetus was Christopher McDougall's book Born to Run. While ostensibly the story of Mexico's Tarahumara Indians ...

A few years back, barefoot running was red-hot. Thanks to the book "Born to Run," soon to be a movie starring Matthew McConaughey, thousands of runners cast their shoes aside in the hope that the ...

Give your feet a chance to get used to the feel and form of running shoeless before tackling the elements. ) Or find a book covering the basics, such as "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Barefoot ...

Davenport experimented with going barefoot and wearing a pair ... of its momentum to recent research on running dynamics and the publication of a book last year that resonated with sore ...

Crazy, right? But strange and anachronistic as it sounds, barefoot running has become a hot topic. There’s a best-selling book that explores the premise; athletic companies are getting in on the ...

Barefoot running is having a moment, so if you’re weighing up the pros and cons of shod running versus barefoot running (or using a minimalist shoe) — here’s what you need to know.

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The rest turned to friends, the Web, or books (the most often cited was Born to Run) or simply did nothing. And yet a third of the runners who tried running barefoot or in minimalist shoes cited ...