Since the publication of journalist Christopher McDougall's wildly popular 2009 book, Born to Run, the barefoot-running craze has firmly taken hold in the U.S. One sign of this trend has been the proliferation of "barefoot shoes" (admittedly something of an oxymoron) such as the Vibram FiveFingers, a sort of rubber-soled glove for the foot. The benefits of even this level of protective footwear are debated among barefooting buffs; some argue that the documented biomechanical benefits of... More »
