In search of less sole, Helen Walne tries a shoe that brings the feeling back to running… almost!
The Golden Valley Casino Trail Run
Crowds of spectators line the final 2km, supporting runners for more than just the final 50m sprint.
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Crowds of spectators line the final 2km, supporting runners for more than just the final 50m sprint.

In search of less sole, Helen Walne tries a shoe that brings the feeling back to running… almost!

Sports therapist Benita de Witt gives advice on barefoot running.

The minimalist movement in running has spawned a few new brands taking advantage of the huge interest in ‘barefoot’ running.

For many runners interested in the merits of running freely, the ideal shoe is no shoe.

It’s coming along. ‘Along’ in this case means along a grassy section of promenade in the Vibram 5 Fingers, up a steep as can be mountain ascent with the Nike Zoom Waffle 7’s, cruising a fast flat stretch of road in the Nike Zoom Streak 3, becoming a human Guinea Pig at the Sports Science [...]

I was asked to pop along to the Sports Science Institute to have some ‘stuff done to me’. Ok so I am always curious to see what these lab dudes are up to and know they have some incredible toys to play with, so I agreed to head out to get involved in the testing on Friday afternoon.

It’s been two since my last confession. Confessions of minimalist running that is and I have some secrets to share.
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