F e a t u r e d A r t i c l e s
How to get started:
There are two ways to start out on the road to running barefoot. One is to do it gradually, with a transition period using minimalist footgear, before taking the plunge into barefoot running proper. The other is to go ‘cold turkey,’ and throw your shoes away from the start. In this respect, cutting our addiction to running shoes is similar to stopping smoking. Different things can work for different people… read more:
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The most fundamental difference between running in shoes and running barefoot is the way your foot strikes the ground. The vast majority of shodden runners are ‘heel strikers’ – that is, the first point of contact with the ground is the heel. To most of us this seems only natural: how else could we possible run? What we fail to consider, though, is that it is the design of shoes themselves which force the foot into heel striking… read more:
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My Story:
I can’t claim to the world’s first barefoot runner. I’m certainly not the fastest. I can’t offer you decades of personal insight and experience without shoes. I’m more like you. The reason you’re here reading this is because something is missing from your life or your running. For me discovering barefoot running not only solved the staleness in my relationship with running, it reconnected me to a much deeper part of my being… read more:
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Barefoot walking (1): slowing down and finding time
It’s only natural that as we grow up, we learn to walk before we run. In returning to barefoot, though, many of us (myself included) do the opposite. As usual, this carries proverbial dangers: don’t run before you can walk… – ‘Don’t be ridiculous, of course I can walk barefoot!’ Isn’t this the thought crossing your mind right now? I know this is how I felt, at least, before taking the matter up a little more seriously… read more:
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My story (continued):
Update from December 2013: Here we are at the end of 2013, almost exactly three years to the day since I first threw away my regular running shoes and started running barefoot. Yes, is does feel rather like an anniversary, because I’m still as much in love with barefoot running as ever… read more:
Joy of Barefoot Running 