I’m often asked about blisters and running barefoot. What people seem to forget is that the only part of our feet designed to make contact with anything while we are running, walking, or even standing, are our bare soles. It’s … read more
I’ve heard some interesting arguments against barefoot running, for example “you couldn’t run a full marathon barefoot in Phoenix, Arizona, in July at noon – therefore barefoot running isn’t worth trying”… Well, reasonable people wouldn’t run marathons (even in shoes) … read more
Why are Definitions Needed? We are not trying to pigeon-hole people with definitions, in fact none of the below definitions of, Runners, barefooters, barefoot runners, etc., are mutually exclusive. You may belong to several, even all of these categories. In … read more
The Barefoot Experiment … or, A Thing or Two about Form by Adam Dave, MD Summary Like so many others I happened upon barefoot running in the pages of the momentous Born to Run. It was in that book that I read … read more
Summary I may be getting a bit ahead of myself here, talking to some of you folks back in Michigan and Minnesota, in January, about running barefoot on hot pavement. But, some spring day in a few months, and even … read more
Introduction It’s been my experience that whenever I have had what I thought was an original and great thought, I will eventually find some great thinker who has already thought of it. These are just a few silly, and some … read more
Actually, I mean “More on” barefoot shoes… but I thought “moron” an apt homonym. Then again maybe I really do mean, “moron”… But, don’t take offense at being called moron. It’s just a play on words and has no more … read more
About Barefoot Ken Bob Saxton At Work In addition to founding Ken Bob’s Original Ken Bob’s Original BarefootRunning.com website website in 1997, Ken Bob Saxton has also been an Equipment Technician in the Electrical Engineering Department (EE), and later an Information … read more
Tell Your Friends Where to Go! When your Friends ask, “How can you possibly run barefoot?” Tell them Where to Go! How.BarefootRunning.com Walking and Running, Barefoot or Shod The principles on this page pertain to walking as well as running; … read more
Summary 2011 March 18 4:50pm By Melissa Rohlin Los Angeles Times This kind of running, McCardell said afterward, is like “getting a massage where it becomes a bit much and you want to tell the therapist to ease up, but … read more
