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Barefoot runners must adjust their strides

By Kari Beal September 25, 2012
Many runners are ditching their sneakers and switching to thin-soled shoes that mimic the feeling of running barefoot. These extremely lightweight shoes were designed to give runners a proper stride and reduce injury, but without proper training they can do just the opposite. Barefoot shoes soared in popularity after Christopher McDougall’s bestseller “Born to Run”…
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