I just wanted to post up about a couple of British runners who were barefoot or minimalist shoe advocates.
First is Bruce Tulloh. I came across his name because he used to write a lot of the training plans for Runners' World. He was a great athlete who represented Britain at 5,000m.
Here's a nice video of him competing barefoot.
Article about Tulloh:
http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/...inal-Forrest/story-16595884-detail/story.html
Gordon Pirie was another great British athlete. He wrote a very interesting book. While he doesn't talk about barefooting much, he is in favour of minimal shoes and describes correct form.
http://files.meetup.com/299468/Running_Fast_and_Injury_Free.pdf
First is Bruce Tulloh. I came across his name because he used to write a lot of the training plans for Runners' World. He was a great athlete who represented Britain at 5,000m.
Here's a nice video of him competing barefoot.
http://www.northdevonjournal.co.uk/...inal-Forrest/story-16595884-detail/story.html
Gordon Pirie was another great British athlete. He wrote a very interesting book. While he doesn't talk about barefooting much, he is in favour of minimal shoes and describes correct form.
http://files.meetup.com/299468/Running_Fast_and_Injury_Free.pdf