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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…

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…

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…

Photo Courtesy bamakve When you think of someone running barefoot, you might think “I could never do that, my feet are too _____”. (fill in your reason here) The fact of the matter is YOU too can run, hike, dance, walk (even mosey if the mood were to strike) barefoot!…

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.

Photo Courtesy: With all the barefoot running buzz it seems little spotlight is put on the simple pleasure and benefit of barefoot walking When a person wears shoes all the time, their feet (soles) become soft and tender. So by barefoot walking outdoors at least several times a week your…

Gymnasts, dancers, martial artists and specialty performers. What do they have in common? They’re naked from the ankle down. Our foot & ankle is designed perfectly through evolution. This relatively small part of the human body contains 26 bones, 33 joints and over 100 muscles, tendons & ligaments. By being…

Look at the difference between the same runner wearing shoes versus barefoot, and the position of her feet as they’re about to make contact with the ground. [These are images have not been staged, directed or altered in Photoshop. You can find these two images on popular micro-stock photo sites,…

Meet new cool people Buy less socks Tan your feet Attract the opposite sex To start a blog Free foot scrubs No more stinky feet Feel really, really good Impress others It’s green

Why is the naked human foot viewed as less attractive then the rest of our body? Who can we thank for this? Fashion designers, footwear companies, the effects of wearing shoes all day (read: stinky feet)….. I don’t know… The reasoning and source of this anti-foot propaganda has always interested…