Barefoot

WHY I TRAIN BAREFOOT In 1960, 28-year-old Ethiopian Abebe won the Olympic gold in marathon running barefoot. He not only won the gold but set a world record with a time of 2 hours and 15 minutes, a feat that today would put him in the elite company. Christopher McDougall in his bestseller book “Born to Run” writes about the runners from Tarahumara tribe of Northern Mexico who outran the trained ultramarathon runners with ease, simply using thin handmade sandals (huaraches)....