For a long-shod population, shirking the shoes and incorporating barefoot running into a workout routine has become an attractive option for both competitive and part-time athletes. However, it's not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Let’s start with some of the advantages of wearing socks with barefoot shoes, which may result in happier feet and shoes on the ...

Remember Abebe Bikila, the Ethiopian trailblazer who clinched the 1960 Rome Olympic marathon barefoot, smashing the world record at 2:15:16? Under Rome’s floodlit cobblestones, he powered past Rhadi ...

People might think they're crazy, but barefoot runners, even those who pursue punishing marathons sans shoes, say that freeing your feet from the confines of a sneak is just as God and nature intended ...

Modern shoes provide comfort, cushioning, and protection. The downside is that many people spend their entire lives with ...

Like every fitness activity, running has its niches. Some people want to fight for first-place finishes, others cover wildly long distances in ultrarunning and cross country. For diehard minimalists, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Despite the cold and many other potential hazards, naked from the ankle down is the way Anna Toombs likes it, and she gets plenty of catcalls in the street as a result. The ...

Barefoot running and minimalist shoes offer less heel-cushioning. It is postulated that when an RFS runner changes from a traditional shoe to a minimalist shoe (or no shoe), landing on the heel will ...

The pavement begins to warm under the summer Colorado sun as Michael Sandler jogs up Flagstaff Road near Boulder. Normally, this shouldn’t concern a runner. Sandler, however, is jogging barefoot.

One of arguments in favor of barefoot running is that it will strengthen foot and ankle muscles that are otherwise left dormant in conventional running shoes. It's an idea that makes sense intuitively ...

An Okanagan runner has sprinted into the history books, proving her doctors wrong in spectacular fashion. Savannah Wild ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Barefoot, five-finger, super-minimal, ...