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Into Minimalist Footwear? Check out Toe Salad – Launching Today.

If you are looking for a forum to discuss and/or find information about minimalist footwear, Toe Salad (toesalad.com) might be what you’re looking for.

Founded by fellow barefooter and blogger Damien Tougas appeals to all minimalist footewar users, as well as to those just looking to get acquainted with the different options out there with the comprehensive directory of all brands and models of minimalist footwear. There is also an open discussion for those who, like me, prefer to be completely barefoot whenever possible.

In celebration of the site launch, Toe Salad is having some giveaways till mid February – check the Toe Salad home page for details.

Key Articles
Foot Notes
Foot Education
Stem Footwear, Farrell, Pennsylvania
Interesting information on foot bio-mechanics, courtesy of Stem Footwear specialists.
Running barefoot soothes the sole
by Samuel Marx - The Daily Gamecock (Student Newspaper of the University of South Carolina), November 20, 2010
Minimalist marathoners create message that we don’t need much, not even shoes
Xiamen man dreams to run barefoot in 1000 marathons
What's On Xianmen, November 9, 2010
On Nov 7th, a barefoot man from Xiamen, Wu Shankuan, showed up at the Hangzhou International Marathon and took 38th place in the competition.
Study: Humans Were Born To Run Barefoot
by Christopher Joyce - PNR.org, January 27, 2010
Anthropologist Dan Lieberman, one of the proponents of the "human runner" school, concludes that we do it better without shoes.
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Shayne - Oshawa, CanadaChris - UKJosé - Barcelona, SpainOivind - Norway
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