It’s been more than a decade since minimalism ruled the running shoe market. Runners in Five Fingers were common sightings, and barefoot running reigned supreme. In the ensuing years, running shoes ...

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, ...

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 ...

Modern running shoes deliver speed and comfort via carbon fiber plates and towering midsoles. When you strip all that away, you’re left with almost nothing separating your feet from the ground—a.k.a.

Rik Scarce, a Skidmore College sociology professor, has produced a documentary, "Impact," on the debate over barefoot running versus running in shoes. Rik Scarce, 62, of Averill Park, discovered the ...

They found a 7.7% signal increase after barefoot running, and a 13.9% increase after shod running, but the range of measurements was huge (between -9 and +37%), so I'm not remotely confident that this ...