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  2. Barefoot running - Wikipedia

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    Barefoot running, also called "natural running", is the act of running without footwear. With the advent of modern footwear, running barefoot has become less common in most parts of the world but is still practiced in parts of Africa and Latin America. In some Western countries, barefoot running has grown in popularity due to perceived health ...

  3. Barefoot - Wikipedia

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    Barefoot person leaving footprints behind Barefoot woman wearing a cultural anklet, denoting her marital status in traditional Indian culture Hans Thoma Kinderreigen, 1872. Barefoot is the state of not wearing any footwear. There are health benefits and some risks associated with going barefoot.

  4. Gait (human) - Wikipedia

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    Barefoot running rarely features heel strikes because the impact can be painful, the human heel pad not absorbing much of the force of impact. [4] By contrast, 75% of runners wearing modern running shoes use heel strikes; [ 6 ] running shoes are characterized by a padded sole, stiff soles and arch support, and slope down from a more-padded heel ...

  5. Barefoot Running Is Fast, Fun, and Bad**s—But It’s Not for ...

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    McDougall argues that barefoot running is the key to their longevity in the sport—and many other runners have taken Born to Run as their invitation to ditch their sneakers.

  6. Locomotor effects of shoes - Wikipedia

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    Shod runners tend to heel strike due to the designs of the modern shoes, which have thick heels to reduce the impact force from the ground. When running barefoot, however, some runners tend to shift to a forefoot striking pattern to avoid such impact, which is equivalent to 2–3 times the body weight. [22]

  7. Running injuries - Wikipedia

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    However, barefoot running leaves the foot unprotected from stepping on sharp objects. Although running barefoot may reduce the risk of running-related injuries, it is important to take time while switching from running with shoes. Beginning to run barefoot without reducing intensity or mileage of training can actually cause muscle or tendon injury.

  8. Minimalist shoe - Wikipedia

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    Huaraches are a type of minimalist shoe. In their 2018 paper for the Journal of Sports Sciences, Devon R. Coetzee their co-authors defined minimalist footwear as having a sole and upper that weighed 200-gram (7.1 oz) or less and were highly flexible, a heel height of 20 millimetres (0.79 in) or shorter, and a "heel-toe differential" of 7 millimetres (0.28 in) or less.

  9. Abebe Bikila - Wikipedia

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    The other two, also written in English, are Paul Rambali's 2007 fictional biographical novel Barefoot Runner [121] and Tim Judah's 2009 Bikila: Ethiopia's Barefoot Olympian. According to the journalist Tim Lewis's comparative review of the two books, Judah's is a more journalistic, less-forgiving biography of Abebe. [86]