This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I first heard about Born to Run, the Chris ...

British Olympic runners could run more economically by just taking off their shoes, say researchers. Olympic runners could run more economically by just taking off their trainers, say researchers at ...

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You’ve probably seen someone wandering through a park barefoot and thought, Is that just a crunchy wellness thing… or is ...

"What the--?" This was my first reaction to seeing a runner shod in barefoot attire. These shoes are shaped to the contours of a foot in the same manner that a glove fits the hand; each toe is ...

With the Olympics heating up and track and field events set to start next week, it’s an appropriate time to consider the most controversial debate in the running community: Should we lace up a pair of ...

It was Daniel Lieberman, the barefoot-running evolutionary biologist from Harvard, who first got me thinking about impact forces. Back in 2010, he and his colleagues published a hugely influential ...

Scientists have found that those who run barefoot, or in minimal footwear, tend to avoid "heel-striking," and instead land on the ball of the foot or the middle of the foot. In so doing, these runners ...

A while ago I wrote an article called How to Build Strong and Pain Free Feet that really resonated with a lot of people. Apparently, foot pain is even more of a problem than I thought. Is going ...