Barefoot Runner – Running Barefoot, Natural Running & Healthy Living

We’re very excited that the long-anticipated SKORA Running shoes are finally coming to fruition. You can pre-order your very own pair of BASE or FORM shoes. Visit SKORARunning.com to get the full story behind these fantastic minimalist shoes. We here at BarefootRunner.com have been lucky enough to test a few pairs, and can’t wait to [...]

SKORA® Running, whose male line of minimalist running shoes will be debuting next month, was mentioned in today’s Gear Caster. “True to the barefoot or minimalist running shoe style, SKORA® footwear is designed to take advantage of, instead of correct, your body’s natural running movement.” Read the full mention over at The Gear Caster.

SKORA just released a sneak peek of one of their upcoming minimal, zero-drop, running shoes. Visit their Facebook page or go directly to the photo

Skora Running released a teaser shot on the company’s Facebook page of their upcoming laceless minimal running shoe. Photo and comments indicate this is an early pullover (aka upper sample). LINK: http://on.fb.me/ffQs1L

Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel examines the barefoot running movement; When the Emmy®-winning shoe returns May 18, exclusively on HBO. REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL presents more enterprising features and reporting when its 158th edition, available in HDTV, debuts TUESDAY, MAY 18 (10:00 p.m. ET/PT & 9:00 p.m. CT), exclusively on HBO. Segments include: *Sole [...]

June 2009 retail figures* are showing that: ‘Motion Control’ shoe sales fell 13%, ‘Stability’ shoe sales fell 2%, while ‘Neutral’ cushioned running shoe sales increased by 16%. I think this is much more than seasonal trend, it’s proof that consumers and runners alike are searching for shoes that are ‘less‘ rather than ‘more’. In a related [...]

ESPN recently conducted an informal poll asking: “A recent theory in the running world proposes that running without shoes is better for you. Would you consider running barefoot?” The result? The average from coast-to-coast shows 34% would give it a try… Below are the results from over 6,000 respondents across the country. Quite promising data despite [...]

We’re excited to announce the arrival of the newest barefoot-like shoe from Feelmax. Launching in Europe in June 2009. Feelmax is a great Finnish driven by their mission to bring natural (barefoot-like) products to us all. Thanks Feelmax! Watch our site (barefootrunner.com) for a full review on this updated Feelmax (Niesa) minimal shoe in the [...]

BarefootRunner.com listed as natural running resource in March 2009 issue of Running Times. A fantastic article by Brian Metzler titled “Run Softly, Run Naturally” shines light on the forefoot/barefoot movement with both amateur and elite runners. The online version includes resource links which “offer up a wealth of information about stride mechanics and technique from [...]

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 [...]