Running Barefoot

All the recent hubub over Dr. Lieberman’s research is a wonderful confirming statement – that it is not comfortable to pound our heels into the ground without thickly padded shoes. Something barefoot runners already knew!
The more important discovery in Dr. Lieberman’s research, wasn’t the precise details of how we run – it is that we [...]

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by Christopher Joyce
2010 January 27
NPR
And there are some scientists who say we’re naturally born runners as well, that our bodies evolved to run. Now, anthropologist Dan Lieberman, one of the proponents of the “human runner” school, concludes that we do it better without shoes.
The Bare Truths About Running

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Daniel E. Lieberman
Madhusudhan Venkadesan
Adam I. Daoud
William A. Werbel

Harvard University Skeletal Biology Lab
Shod Heel Strike Running with Force

Forefoot Strike when Barefoot

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Reuters
Editing by Cynthia Osterman
Washington
2010 January 27

“People who don’t wear shoes when they run have an astonishingly different strike,” Lieberman said in a statement.
“By landing on the middle or front of the foot, barefoot runners have almost no impact collision, much less than most shod runners generate when they heel-strike,” Lieberman added.
The Best Running Shoe may [...]

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thewst.com.au
2010 January 28,

AAP
“By landing on the middle or front of the foot, barefoot runners have almost no impact collision,” he [Dr. Daniel Lieberman] said in a press release.
Running shoeless is better, says study

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By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News
“Most people today think barefoot running is dangerous and hurts, but actually you can run barefoot on the world’s hardest surfaces without the slightest discomfort and pain.”
He says a few calluses can help runners avoid injuries.
Barefoot Running Laced With Health Benefits

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By The World
2010 January 27
Keith Seinfeld of station KPLU
A new study finds that people who run barefoot move very differently from people who run in modern athletic shoes. The research, conducted in the U.S. and Kenya, found that shoeless runners land on the front or middle of the foot, whereas shod runners land on [...]

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The Barefoot Professor: by Nature Video
2010 January 27
NatureVideoChannel

Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman has ditched his trainers and started running barefoot. His research shows that barefoot runners, who tend to land on their fore-foot, generate less impact shock …

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Nature magazine
2020 January 28

For most of human evolutionary history, before the advent modern running shoes, humans ran either barefoot or in minimal shoes. A comparison of the biomechanics of habitually shod versus habitually barefoot runners suggests that running barefoot is not only comfortable but may also help avoid some impact-related stress injuries. On the cover, [...]

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Los Angeles Times
2020 January 27
AP Science Writer

Study on Evolution of Running Finds Going Barefoot Good for the Sole, Better for the Heels
Harvard biologist and runner Daniel Lieberman had a simple question: “How did people run without shoes?”
The answer he got is: Much better.
full article: Study on Evolution of Running Finds Going Barefoot Good for the [...]

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