Best Barefoot Trail Running Shoes: Xero TerraFlex

Best Barefoot Trail Running Shoes: Xero TerraFlex

The Xero TerraFlex barefoot trail running shoes are armed with a lugged 5-mm rubber sole that delivers dependable traction for helping you claw up or down the steepest hills! The water-resistant upper also has the right amount of protection and flexibility and the overall shape of the shoe is fairly evenly matched with the silhouette of the human foot in that the shoes are wide in the front, giving the toes lots of freedom to spread, flex, bend and extend for more stable footsteps. Read my FULL review 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.
Bretta Riches