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, ...

A recent study published in Footwear Science concludes that the surface underfoot plays a major role in foot-strike determination. On a soft surface, only 20% of subjects landed on their midfoot or ...

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There’s a budding idea that running shoes may be tricking our feet, and that sometimes training barefoot is a better option. Since 2001, a growing amount of research suggests that the various airs and ...

Vivobarefoot has wrapped up its decade-long journey through the world’s wildest biomes with the Desert ESC Boot, a rugged yet refined barefoot shoe designed to perform in the most punishing landscapes ...

When Philippides ran from Athens to Sparta following the Battle of Marathon to share the news of Greek’s victory over Persia, he didn’t do it wearing a pair of carbon-plated kicks. A couple of ...