Two years back I wrote about my experience using the Couch to 5K program to start running, which eventually led to running a half marathon. Unfortunately, for various reasons, I haven’t kept up my running. Call it the “5K to Couch” program — despite the best of intentions we didn’t ...

Send your kids outside to play! Fall is here, and … okay, yeah, some of you are experiencing some ridiculous heat right now, but pretty soon it’ll be lovely weather outdoors. There are all sorts of good reasons to get outside—not the least of which is that it seems to ...

Ever since my wife and I started trying out various “barefoot” shoes after reading Born to Run, my now-six-year-old daughter has been clamoring for barefoot shoes of her own. After all, she says, if this sort of shoe is supposed to be the best thing for your feet, why don’t ...

Thinking about joining the barefoot revolution? Shoe manufacturers have certainly picked up on the renewed interest in running (and walking) barefoot and are producing more options for the paradoxical going-barefoot-while-shod. Of course, there’s really no shoe that is exactly like being barefoot, but until social customs change and we’re allowed ...

Running barefoot is actually the best thing for your feet and knees, and wearing conventional running shoes is bad. That’s the news according to a report published at the end of January by Harvard biologist Daniel Lieberman. Of course, I knew all that already because of Born to Run by Christopher ...