“When you’re standing barefoot, your heel and forefoot both make contact with the ground,” explains Ben Stark, an avid ultra-marathoner and performance marketing senior specialist at Merrell.

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For all of you barefoot runners out there, this one's for you. If you done a good amount of barefoot slipper testing in '12, fasten your seat belt for 2013. So far, next springs looks like it's all ...

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The shoeless stride has been a hot trend, with more and more people running barefoot and shoe companies targeting “barefooters” with minimalist shoe designs. While the barefoot craze has always been ...

"Barefoot" sneakers may look a little out-there (okay, the first time I saw them I thought they were part of the wardrobe from Avatar), but runners swear by them, and retail experts say they're ...