Entries filed under 'minimalist footwear'

The 'One Best Way' to Run: Have You Discovered It?

More than 40,000 runners are expected to take part in the New York City Marathon Sunday morning. How many of them will navigate the course using what legendary marathoner Alberto Salazar calls the "one best way" to run? In a New York Times Magazine article, Christopher McDougall, author of the best-seller Born to Run, describes this one best way as "not the fastest, necessarily, but the best: an injury-proof, evolution-tested way to place one foot on the ground and pick it up before the other ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on November 4, 2011 2:19 PM & Tagged barefoot running, minimalist, minimalist footwear and natural motion running | permalink | Comments



Minimalist Running: If You've Switched Your Shoes, Have You Also Switched Your Form?

Does changing to minimalist running footwear minimize wear and tear on a runner's body? Only, according to a recent study, if a runner also changes his or her running style.  As explained in this New York Times article, the nonprofit American Council on Exercise recently sponsored a small study that asked female recreational runners to switch to either barefoot running or the use of minimalist footwear. The outcome? Participants who changed to barefoot running or minimalist shoes but failed to ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on October 7, 2011 1:34 PM & Tagged barefoot running, minimalist, minimalist footwear and natural motion running | permalink | Comments



Jake Gyllenhaal: Actor and Barefoot Runner

Jake Gyllenhaal: Academy Award-nominated actor, star of Love & Other Drugs (opened on Nov. 24) and devoted barefoot runner. (He’s a cyclist, too.) Appearing on The Late Show with David Letterman Nov. 17, Gyllenhaal and Letterman, a pair of runners, yakked about Gyllenhaal’s interest in running and his enthusiasm for almost-barefoot minimalist footwear (also known as natural-motion running footwear). Dave: You’re a guy who likes to run. I started running in 1975, so this is something I know a ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on November 26, 2010 5:35 PM & Tagged David Letterman, Jake Gyllenhaal, barefoot running, minimalist, minimalist footwear and natural motion running | permalink | Comments



Barefoot Runners Gather in New York City Oct. 10

Here's more evidence that barefoot running is a movement, not a fad: The inaugural New York City Barefoot Run takes place Sunday morning, Oct. 10, on Governors Island. A number of barefoot running's leading proponents will participate, including Dan Lieberman of Harvard University. Lieberman's study of the biomechanics of foot strikes provided the scientific credibility that reinforced the popularity of barefoot running generated by author Christopher McDougall's best-seller Born to Run. ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on October 8, 2010 7:33 PM & Tagged Born to Run, Dan Lieberman, Governors Island, New York City Barefoot Run, Vibram FiveFingers, barefoot running and minimalist footwear | permalink | Comments