Running Times on Minimalist Running

A great article appeared in the April issue of Running Times entitled Much Ado About Minimalism. The author did a great job of capturing the goal of minimalist running. A goal that I wish many of the zealots would keep in mind.

Away from the hype and the extremes, the minimalist movement is rightly correcting decades of drifting in the other direction when it comes to running shoe design. At its core, minimalism asks the runner to look for the least amount of shoe he or she can safely wear now, and to work toward reducing the amount of shoe necessary through strengthening the foot and improving one's stride. It assumes that running is a natural movement of the body, rather than an unnatural act that requires pads and braces to perform safely. Putting it plainly (...)

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Running Times on Minimalist Running

Roderick Russell