Barefoot running and the fore-foot strike

J. Fallows, runner and journalist, blogs that according to a report in Nature, "fore-foot running, which also turns out to be the way people naturally run if they're barefoot, is fundamentally much easier on your joints and bones and therefore easier to bear over the years."

Good to know scientists are finally studying the question. I'm not a regular bare-foot runner yet -- though I have been won over to wearing lightweight running shoes.  

More on the question of the best footwear for running in a future post.