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HBO Sports Examines the Barefoot Running Movement

By admin • May 14th, 2010 • Category: News

REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL
EXAMINES THE BAREFOOT RUNNING MOVEMENT;
WHEN THE EMMY®-WINNING SHOW 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 Runners.  For decades, new models [...]



Skora releases concept of minimal running shoe

By David • Oct 3rd, 2009 • Category: News

For those that haven’t subscribed to receive newsletters from Skora then we posted it here.



You’re incapable. Hail the running shoe!

By David • Aug 3rd, 2009 • Category: Features

I find it amusing yet disturbing how mainstream running footwear brands try to enforce their belief that there’s something wrong with your body.  Somehow you’re born with deficiencies that prevent you to run, thanks to running shoes a remedy was found.  Too funny!



ESPN poll suggests 1 in 3 people would run barefoot

By David • Aug 2nd, 2009 • Category: Features

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 nearly 40 [...]



Baring your sole

By David • Jul 22nd, 2009 • Category: Lead Story

MacDougall explains. “The foot is the greatest disciplinarian. You can’t over-pronate, can’t over-train, can’t over-stride … if you do anything wrong, the foot will tell you `uh uh, don’t do that’. Shoes are like morphine: a sedative that deadens the pain.”



Should You Toss Your Running Shoes and Just Go Barefoot?

By David • Jun 13th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story

Remember when you were a kid? You raced around the playground or the yard for hours at a time, somehow managing not to hurt yourself despite your lack of $150 running shoes and custom-made $400 orthotic inserts. There’s a growing sense…



I stare at runners, I admit it.

By David • Jun 5th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story

I’ve been looking at runner’s stride more and more. I’ve covered this in a previous post however I must admit that my concern for runner’s health is concerning me more and more.



Shoe Marketing: Tech-not-logic (Part II)

By Tue • May 18th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story

We’ve been indoctrinated to believe that when running shoe companies develop new “advanced” materials (without real scientific evidence proving their benefit) that these advancements are better for us. They still call it “technology”, but do not let you be fooled.



Shoe Marketing: Tech-not-logic (Part I)

By Tue • May 17th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story

Humans have been barefoot for several million years (~2 million actually). It means that our bare feet have the ability to carry us around on all kinds of surfaces – hard ones as well as soft ones. It means that we have the ability to adapt ourselves to our surroundings.



5 Things to Look for in Shoes

By David • Mar 31st, 2009 • Category: Lead Story

Running shoes or trainers are designed to minimize heel strike and maximize toe spring. Or so you thought… What actually ends up happening is we slam our heels on the pavement harder than necessary because we want to feel the feedback that is, ironically, cushioned by the shoes on our feet. Here are 5 things to look for when you’re buying a pair of runners…




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