<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a19ca29c-9c1e-4997-bf00-acb367399dbc/C9D75EAD-D14E-459C-B285-67E8E66C42FB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/have-you-run-barefoot/" href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/have-you-run-barefoot/" style="font-size: 11px;">well.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/have-you-run-barefoot/">Barefoot runners have caught the attention of shoe giants and upstart companies, <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/business/30shoe.html?em">The New York Times reports,</A> with many offering thin-sole designs that give the feel of barefoot running but with a layer of protection to protect the feet from scrapes, splinters and sharp rocks. Training methods like ChiRunning and the Pose Method as well as the best-selling book “Born to Run” also have fueled interest in the barefoot experience.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/have-you-run-barefoot/"><P>To shod runners, the idea of running without a shoe sounds impossible. But research has shown that barefoot runners use about 4 percent less oxygen than those wearing shoes. Barefoot runners appear to naturally compensate for the lack of cushioning and land more softly than runners in shoes. Running barefoot may improve running form and reduce injury risk because runners without shoes tend to land in the middle of the foot.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C9D75EAD-D14E-459C-B285-67E8E66C42FB/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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