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  1. FREE!: Your Choice Xero Shoes Giveaway Contest! Expires Wednesday, December 14, 2022, Noon EST

    Yes please!

  2. NEW!!! **Your Choice** Xero Shoes Giveaway Contest! Expires Monday, November 30, 2020, Noon EST

    Me too please!

  3. NEW!!! **Your Choice** Xero Shoes Giveaway Contest! Expires Friday, October 23, 2020, Noon EST

    I'm in!

  4. ANOTHER NEW!!! **Your Choice** Xero Shoes Giveaway Contest! Expires Monday, August 31, Noon EST

    Thy title says it ends 3rd of August, but the rules say 31st, so I think it's a typo in the title.

  5. Think I have just found my nemesis

    Goat's head: an aggressive and hardy invasive species, tribulus terrestris is widely known as a noxious weed because of its small woody fruit – the bur – having long sharp and strong spines which easily penetrate surfaces such as the bare feet or thin shoes of crop workers and other pedestrians...

  6. Metatarsal stress fracture - could trying NOT to overstride be a risk factor?

    I recently suffered a metatarsal stress fracture. I have read that the usual cause of these is a steep increase in activity, but I hadn't increased the frequency, speed or length of my runs, or started any new activity. I've also read that overstriding increases the risk of this kind of injury...

  7. UK health website advises against walking barefoot, even indoors.

    Thanks, Dr Mark. This is what I would expect, and seems consistent with the "use it or lose it" idea mentioned by Janne. I wonder how common the advice given in this article is. Have any of the members of this group been given similar advice by a doctor, or come across this idea from other sources?

  8. Older Yet Faster

    I was interested in reading answers to the OP's question, and I'm surprised there have been so few. I know the authors advocate running barefoot or in minimal shoes. Perhaps they're not members of BRS, but I'd be surprised if a few more of their readers weren't. Their Facebook group has over...

  9. UK health website advises against walking barefoot, even indoors.

    Thanks TJ, I hope the results of that study are reported here when they are available.

  10. UK health website advises against walking barefoot, even indoors.

    I came across the following advice on the health website, patient.info, which raises a number of questions. Avoid walking barefoot, even indoors. By the time we reach 65 the fatty protective foot pads have worn thinner through long use. Walking barefoot is no longer recommended as it tends to...
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