A wide array of research during the past few decades has shown that those who increased barefoot activity had the largest improvements in foot functional strength, arch-height profile as well as dynamic balance and postural control! It’s no secret humans didn’t evolve with big thick cushioned shoes on our feet, we evolved as endurance barefoot runners. Humans are a barefoot running species and through this humans evolved a specific set of mechanical traits that enabled our early-selves to completely avoid injury, otherwise we would have died out if running, especially barefoot, injured us. Read more here!
Bretta Riches
"I believe the forefoot strike is the engine of endurance running..."
BSc Neurobiology; MSc Biomechanics candidate, ultra minimalist runner & founder of RunForefoot. I was a heel striker, always injured. I was inspired by the great Tirunesh Dibaba to try forefoot running. Now, I'm injury free. This is why I launched Run Forefoot, to advocate the health & performance benefits of forefoot running and to raise awareness on the dangers of heel striking, because the world needs to know.
BSc Neurobiology; MSc Biomechanics candidate, ultra minimalist runner & founder of RunForefoot. I was a heel striker, always injured. I was inspired by the great Tirunesh Dibaba to try forefoot running. Now, I'm injury free. This is why I launched Run Forefoot, to advocate the health & performance benefits of forefoot running and to raise awareness on the dangers of heel striking, because the world needs to know.