Image by Charlie. via Flickr I’ve spent the past two days (!) reading through threads on barefoot running and the dangers of running in Vibram Fivefingers at the Podiatry Arena (thanks to a reader for pointing this out to me), and I can’t help but come away frustrated by the level of animosity between the […]
Runner’s World Sports Doc on Barefoot Running
May 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Quick post here to alert you to a nice little article by the Runner’s World Sports Doc, William Roberts, titled “The Mechanics of Barefoot Running.” It’s nice to see a major running publication addressing the positive benefits of barefoot/minimalist running in an objective and scientific way. Although I’m not a barefoot runner myself, I have […]
RP#16: Barefoot and Minimalist Running: A Word of Caution
March 28, 2010 By 11 Comments
Episode #16 of the Runblogger Podcast covers some of my concerns about the recent barefoot and minimalist (e.g., Vibram Fivefingers) vs. typically shod running debate, and provide a word of caution about jumping into barefoot/minimalist running too quickly. Ultimately, the point I’m trying to make here is that the fact that we all are running […]
Minimalist & Barefoot Running Podcast Episodes
March 15, 2010 By 2 Comments
If you are a new reader of this blog, or have found me through one of the search engines (welcome!), I’d like to point you toward a trio of podcast episodes on the evolution of running in humans and minimalist/barefoot running that I’ve put together that complement one another nicely. As a new podcaster, I’d […]
Runblogger Podcast #14: Barefoot Running: Report on My First Barefoot Run
March 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This podcast episode is a companion to a blog post I just published that documents my experience of running my first fully barefoot run. You can view the blog post here: https://runblogger.com/2010/03/barefoot-running-my-first-barefoot-run.html. In the podcast I pose a number of questions for those who are more experienced barefoot runners than I am, and I’d love […]
Barefoot Running: Thoughts on My First Barefoot Run
March 12, 2010 By 35 Comments
Image by dhammza via Flickr I’ll start this post by saying that I’m a firm believer in the value and benefits, both mental and physical, of minimalist running. I run mostly in lightweight trainers (
Thoughts on Daniel Lieberman’s Barefoot Running Paper
February 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Image by al.herrmann via Flickr I recently responded to an e-mail questionnaire from a reporter at a major media outlet regarding Daniel Lieberman’s recent paper on barefoot running that was published in Nature. I ultimately was not quoted in the article, so I thought I’d share my responses to her questions here. I have since […]
Runblogger Runcast #9 – Minimalist Running
February 3, 2010 By 6 Comments
Last week a paper on barefoot running was published in the journal Nature by Daniel Lieberman and colleagues that re-ignited discussion of barefoot and minimalist running in both the running community and the mainstream media. This podcast is simply a collection of my personal thoughts and opinions on barefoot and minimalist running, as well as […]
Barefoot and Minimalist Running: An Opinion from Marathon Sports
January 29, 2010 By 5 Comments
Daniel Lieberman’s (and colleagues) new article about barefoot running in Nature has stirred the pot once again about the pros/cons of minimalist running. While many of the popular media articles that have come out read similarly, a member of my local running club passed along a newsletter article from Marathon Sports that was quite thoughtful, […]
Barefoot and Minimalist Running: Science Weighs In
Today saw the publication of new scientific research looking at the biomechanics of running in a barefoot vs. shod condition. The article, titled “Foot strike patterns and collision forces in habitually barefoot versus shod runners,” was written by Dr. Daniel Lieberman from Harvard University and several colleagues at other institutions. Here is the abstract of […]