Footwear manufacturer Merrell is taking a targeted approach to increasing its position in the minimal/barefoot market. Today, the company launched a new website, Pretty Strong, dedicated to helping ...

Unless you live next to the beach, barefoot runners are an uncommon sight. Maybe you've spotted one in the wild – he's "that guy", the overtanned specimen with long gray stringy hair waiting in the ...

In the old days of running (that is, three years ago), figuring out what running shoe to buy was simply a matter of determining whether you were a pronator, supinator or neutral runner. Today, however ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “When you’re standing barefoot, your heel and forefoot both make contact with the ground,” explains Ben Stark, an avid ...

Last year’s Road Glove, with its spacious toe-box and foot-hugging upper, was our favorite minimal shoe for running. So, with the release of the Road Glove 2, we just had to see if the sequel was more ...

Unless you’ve been doing your running on the more remote trails of Mars recently, chances are you’ve heard something of the barefoot buzz. What you need to know is that Merrell’s footwear pedigree now ...

Whether you’re into barefoot or more traditional sneakers, surely we can all agree on one thing: the Merrell Barefoot Train Hammer Glove is one sweet looking sneaker. Despite a sleek, low-profile ...

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It’s no secret we love our Vibram Five Fingers. But despite how their revolutionary take on footwear, there are still some downsides. Occasions that require “regular shoes” still exist, but lack the ...

ROCKFORD — Some of the world’s greatest long-distance runners have never slipped their feet into a pair of running shoes. In Northern Mexico, the Tarahumara Indians run for hours with only a simple ...