“Since reading your book (of which I am a huge fan) I´ve done a fair amount of barefoot running. Currently I´m travelling around South America and have been keeping a blog about my travels and my running. This past weekend I had the pleasure of spending the night in an Argentine prison. Out of necessity the trip…

I recently had a chance to return to Dr. Irene Davis’ biomechanics lab at the University of Delaware. Dr. Davis one of the co-authors of the Nature magazine study on barefoot running, not to mention an honest practicioner of her own advice: over the past few months, she’s become a barefoot runner herself. As I…

“How do we know what is true? Evidence! Evidence! Evidence! NOT tradition. NOT authority. NOT revelation.” — Richard Dawkins, the great evolutionary biologist and author of “The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution.”

A Q&A with Harvard’s barefoot professor. Note how he zeroes in on the endlessly repeated “How come elite marathoners don’t run barefoot?” question. As he, and so many other minimalists keep explaining, this debate is about technique, not footwear. Learn to run as if you were barefoot, and you’re good to go — and go…

Back in December, I was invited to sign books at The Running Event, an industry trade show for running gear manufacturers. I bumped into Matt Fitzgerald of Competitor Magazine, who pulled me aside for this interview..

The American Library Association just named “Born to Run” to its Notable Books list for 2010. Notable Books, 2010

wow, the info is coming fast and furious out of lieberman’s lab, now headquarters for barefooters worldwide. Harvard has set up the definitive how-to, why-to, since-when site for barefoot running. The Tarahumara secret now has Harvard’s seal of approval. Harvard’s Barefoot Running site

it’s been fascinating to watch the shoe companies deal with the overwhelming tide of science  that’s been rising in favor of natural running. first, they were silent. then, they went with the silly ‘everyone is an experiment of one’ line. now, they’re talking about ‘whittling down traditional shoes.’ why are traditional shoes the starting point?…