Barefoot Running

How to Run Light and Free by Getting in Touch with the Earth

Michael Sandler, Jessica Lee, Danny Dreyer

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Random House Inc
28 May 2019

Exercise & workout books; Mind, Body, Spirit; Marathon & cross-country running

Barefoot running promotes proper form and restores the natural connection to the earth that shoes inhibit. With a foreword by Danny Dreyer, bestselling author of ChiRunning, this originally self-published book is both an inspiration and a practical how-to. Full of tips and tools for going bare, this is the essential handbook for embracing this revolutionary technique.

How could something we have for free-our bare feet-be better for running than $150 shoes? The truth is that running in shoes is high-impact, unstable, and inflexible. Shoes promote a heel-centric ground strike, which weakens your feet, knees, and hips, and leads to common running injuries. In contrast, barefoot running is low-impact, forefoot-centric, stable, and beneficial to your body. It encourages proper form and strengthens your feet in miraculous ways. When you run in shoes, you not only risk developing poor form, but you also hinder the natural relationship with the ground that running facilitates. Barefoot running restores the delightful sensory and spiritual connections to the earth that you were meant to experience. Barefoot Running offers the only step-by-step direction runners need at any age to overcome injuries, run faster than ever, and rediscover the pure joy of running. Once you tear off your shoes and learn to dance with nature, you'll tread lightly and freely, hearing only the earth's symphony and feeling only the dirt beneath your feet. Hit the ground running with revolutionary techniques for starting out slowly, choosing minimalist footwear, navigating rough weather and rugged terrain, and building your feet into living shoes.

By: Michael Sandler, Jessica Lee
Foreword by: Danny Dreyer
Imprint: Random House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 179mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 558g
ISBN: 9780307985934
ISBN 10: 0307985938
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 28 May 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

MICHAEL SANDLER is a barefoot running and walking expert who has coached athletes professionally for nearly twenty years. After a near-death accident left him with a titanium femur and hip, Sandler was told he could never run again. It was only by going barefoot and feeling the ground that he began to heal. He now runs ten to twenty miles a day, pain free. JESSICA LEE experienced nagging knee pain and hated running until the day she went barefoot. Now she helps women of all abilities experience the joy of running light and free. Michael and Jessica are the co-founders of RunBare Company. Together they travel around the world, teaching people how to rediscover the joy of running. www.runbare.com

Reviews for Barefoot Running: How to Run Light and Free by Getting in Touch with the Earth

Michael Sandler has applied his passion and insights into barefoot running in a way no one else has so far. You are holding in your hands a book as exhaustive and accurate of a description of barefoot running as you could ever hope for. --Barefoot Ted of Born to Run Barefoot Running by Michael Sandler is the best book on the market on how to begin and excel at barefoot running. I highly recommend it. --Dr. Michael Nirenb erg, author of America's Podiatrist blog Enjoy the insights this book has to offer. . . . It is about form, joy, and the love of running. Run free! --Micah True, Caballo Blanco de la Sierra Madre of Born to Run