Because it stimulates more robust engagements in sensory and motor nerve networks, running barefoot may lay the mechanical groundwork to help you achieve better and faster progress in learning the forefoot running technique.
Learn Forefoot Running
There’s an underlying assumption that running without shoes is bad and will cost you an injury, but this default assumption is beginning to breakdown as new evidence supports the idea that barefoot running is a more nurturing environment for not only improved foot and ankle strength, but if used properly, can be tremendously effective at fine-tuning your biomechanics.