Barefoot Runner – Running Barefoot, Natural Running & Healthy Living

In Part 1 we introduce 4 foot exercises great for anyone, especially those just beginning to introduce more frequent barefoot walking, hiking or running.

Don’t know what to say when asked about being barefoot? Here are 37 to try on for size!

Okay, I’ll admit it, I stare at runners. I do. I can’t help looking at nearly every runner that I see. Driving to work in the morning I’ll find myself slowing down just enough to catch a few strides of a morning runner. It amazes me how dramatically running shoes alter, err… break, something as primitive and hard-wired within us as running.

I don’t know why, but I was expecting something truly amazing with the release of ECCO’s new BIOM shoe. How could I not? Their thebiomproject website shouted “everything you know about shoes is wrong”. Although just a few weeks back they changed their copy to, well, better reflect the final product. Perhaps for their existing [...]

When you think about someone running barefoot, you might think “I could never do that, my feet are too _____”. The fact of the matter is YOU too can walk, hike, dance, and run barefoot! Read on for the 5 tips to get you started.

I guess we’re one of the cool kids!  We’ve just been invited to be listed as a blog feed on the megacool ALLTOP site.  You can find us in the Running section (ok, so we’re at the back of the bus, so what!). Thanks ALLTOP!!! David – barefootrunner since 2002 barefootrunner.com — one of the [...]

The redesign of barefootrunner.com is completed and online! We hope you like the new format that shows more content on the main page within categories. I’d also like to introduce two new contributing bloggers to our site. Kristen from FL and Ryan in AZ. Thanks to each of you for joining our new blogzine! Happy [...]

Running is an interesting thing to me. I’ve been running for years. What kid doesn’t run? We run home for dinner, run during play and run to hide from the world. Running is part of the human experience. It is a necessity for hunting in many cultures, part of sexual experience in others, and in [...]

Footwear giant Nike has revealed plans to reach 100% of footwear production of its (“baseline”) Considered standards by 2011, all apparel by 2015, and equipment by 2020. You can download these ‘standards’ that Nike has set for itself here. On October 28th, 2009, Nike President and CEO, Mark Parker, started the keynote address by stating [...]

BAREFOOTRUNNER.COM in co-operation with SKORA ATHLETICS, LLC will be launching a shoe-to-barefoot running transition program.  More information to be released by Dec. 1, 2008.