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1% for Tarahumara Update #3
June 11, 2025
We’re honored to continue our partnership with True Messages, a grassroots volunteer organization dedicated to...
Minimalist Sandals
Exploring Ancient Footwear: How Modern "Jesus Sandals" Embrace Ancestral Wisdom
January 8, 2025
In a world dominated by fast fashion and synthetic materials, there's a growing movement towards...
Minimalist Sandals
Unveiling the Secrets of Foot Health: Insights From Ancient Cultures and Their Footwear Practices
May 23, 2024
  Throughout history, various cultures have recognized the importance of foot care and developed footwear...
Minimalist Sandals
From Tradition to Trend: The Resurgence of Barefoot Shoes in the Modern World
May 7, 2024
In recent years, there has been a notable resurgence of interest in barefoot shoes, a...
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The Tarahumara Backstory: Exploring the Running Culture of Micah True and María Lorena Ramírez
March 29, 2024
The Tarahumara, also known as the Rarámuri, is an indigenous tribe who reside in the...
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2023 Rewild Be Free Facility Updates
March 1, 2024
Lots of exciting developments took place at the RewildBeFree Facility in 2023! Let's take a...
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The Journey to iON SYNC® - Earthing Shoe DIY Kit 2.0
December 28, 2023
  For over a decade, our customers have expressed a desire for earthing shoes to...
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Chronos
October 11, 2023
Meet Chronos: for the Earth-Connected Minimalist.We’ve been listening to your feedback and requests for new...
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Natural Remedies for Plantar Fasciitis: Reduce Plantar Fasciitis Pain Naturally
April 27, 2023
Plantar fasciitis is a common condition that causes pain in the heel and bottom of...
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1% for Tarahumara Update #2
April 11, 2023
We have started to see the impacts of our 1% for Tarahumara donations to True Messages,...
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Earth Runners Heel Sleeve
January 24, 2023
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our newest Earth Runners accessory: the Heel...
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R&D Story of Our Mobility Toe Spacers
June 7, 2022
As foot health advocates it was only a matter of time before we started to...
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1% for Tarahumara Donations Update
May 5, 2022
We at Earth Runners are proud to have a relationship with True Messages, a non-profit...
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Rewild Be Free: The Earth Runners Story
September 27, 2021
In 2012, Earth Runners launched on Kickstarter.com! Our original sandals consisted of contoured footbeds featuring...
Earthing
Earthing
March 25, 2020
  The pulse of the Earth is the pulse of Life itself. In the 1950s,...
Barefoot Running
The Best Original Running Shoe Reviewed - Running Sandals
March 25, 2020
  Running sandals are an ancient and proven solution for runners of all applications. The...
Minimalist Sandals
Sandal Anatomy–What Are Earth Runners Made Of?
March 25, 2020
Performance Laces: Security In a quest to create the ultimate water performance lace we worked...
Earthing
Science-Backed Benefits of Earthing
March 25, 2020
What is Earthing? Earthing, also known as grounding, is when your bare skin–typically the feet–contacts...
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New Wool Tabi Socks for Sandals
January 31, 2020
  We are excited to announce our fourth generation custom wool tabi sock design! We have...
Barefoot Running
Pikes Peak Ultra in Earth Runners Sandals
October 9, 2019
  The Pikes Peak 50k Ultra held in Colorado Springs, CO felt like the best place to...
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Earth Runners on The Barefoot Movement Podcast
July 12, 2019
  BFM 24: Earth Runner Sandals with founder Mike Dally The Earth Runners founder, Mike...
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Water Sandal Russian River Clean Up
July 12, 2019
After the 4th of July festivities died down, the Earth Runners crew threw on their...
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Product Testing at Broken Arrow Sky Race
July 1, 2019
  Skyrunning is a relatively new sport that is characterized by extreme mountain running events...
Natural Movement
Tips & Exercises for Healthy, Pain-Free Feet
May 23, 2019
Most footwear today attacks from all angles. From narrow toe boxes, to raised heels, to...
Minimalist Sandals
Why Strong Feet Are Foundational To Your Health
May 23, 2019
Feet are a masterpiece of engineering perfectly designed to support a healthy, strong, lean, agile, nimble and...
Earthing
Tune Your Meridian Channels via Barefoot Forest Bathing
February 21, 2019
The Traditional Chinese Medicine practice (TCM), over 2000 years old, outlines twelve primary channels called...
Barefoot Running
Chi Running: Proper Barefoot Form - Forefoot Running
December 7, 2018
Scientists estimate that humans evolved to run on two feet approximately 2 million years ago....
Rewilding
EMF Protection: Biohacking Your Bedroom for Better Sleep
November 1, 2018
Sleep is an essential biological function and EMF (electromagnetic frequency) radiation is one of the...
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Adventure Sandal  Performance Lace
September 23, 2018
We have taken the ancient running huarache and created our own modern adventure sandal rendition...
Rewilding
Forest Bathing: The Benefits of Nature Forest Therapy
August 9, 2018
  Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to...
Minimalist Sandals
5 Tips to Transition to Minimalist Sandals Safely
July 16, 2018
More and more people are beginning to discover the health benefits of wearing minimalist shoes...
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The Ultimate Water Adventure Sandals
July 11, 2018
Edited by Colin Evans The Earth Runners team has continued to ReWild our lifestyles ever...
Minimalist Sandals
Minimal Footwear's Role in Landscape Design
November 12, 2017
‘Tread lightly upon this earth, seeing, understanding but never imposing.’ Todays guest post is by...
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Eco-Engineered Minimalist Adventure Sandals
April 3, 2017
Over the past 4 years of R&D we have tested nearly 100 different footbed materials...
Minimalist Sandals
Running Sandals Effect on Biomechanics
March 19, 2017
The human body is a complex system comprised of many integrated sub systems, that when...
Natural Movement
Natural Movement Q&A with Stefano Tripney MovNat® Certified Trainer
February 6, 2017
Tell us a bit about you & your projects? I believe that people have lost touch...
Natural Movement
Natural Movement Q&A with Curtis Hall of BAREfit
December 5, 2016
Tell us a bit about you and your projects - what got you into fitness?...
Earthing
Earthing Interview with Founder Michael Dally
December 5, 2016
After wrapping up his sedentary responsibilities as a student Michael Dally committed to a career,...
Minimalist Sandals
Plantar Fasciitis: How to Rehab
November 2, 2016
Running is a seemingly straightforward movement – one foot in front of the other,  literally...
Minimalist Sandals
Minimalist Adventure
August 29, 2016
The idea of minimalism isn’t a new one but as our culture trends towards ever...
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May 15, 2016
In cities and towns across the Northern Hemisphere, green shoots are pushing up through cracks...
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New Color Laces and Updated Website
May 15, 2016
Last Spring I read the 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss and his perspective...
Rewilding
Born to Run: Seed of the Rewilding Movement
September 27, 2015
In 2009 the book Born to Run by Christopher McDougall hit shelves and a phenomenon...
Barefoot Running
May 12, 2015
Interested in minimalist footwear but not sure where to start or afraid of injury? Just...
Minimalist Sandals
Paleo Minds Interview: Minimalist Sandals, Earthing & More
February 20, 2015
In this two part interview I am interviewed about minimalist sandals, earthing, rewilding, morning rituals...
Earthing
New Earther: An Earthing Story
January 25, 2015
Guest post by Alan Thwaits My discovery of earthing happened because I was introduced to...
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Sandal Release: Leather & Slip-on Laces
January 25, 2015
It has been an exciting sea son for Earth Runners having transplanted to a new...
Minimalist Sandals
The Best Minimalist Running Shoe
January 25, 2015
Since the book Born to Run hit shelves in 2009 runners around the world have...
Rewilding
Minimalist Camping in Sandals
January 25, 2015
I and another Earth Runner recently went on a multi day packing trip into the...
Rewilding
Rewild Your Life: Installment #1
January 25, 2015
Having lived the Earth Runner lifestyle for a few years now has provided the wonderful...
Earthing
Earthing Sheets Connect Us to the Schumann Resonance of The Earth
January 25, 2015
In 2007, a team of researchers from the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health ran...
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Minimalist Earthing Sandals Helping The World Reconnect
January 25, 2015
In early 2012 I created the first Earth Runner prototype and realized that this simple...
Barefoot Running
Barefoot Running: 5 Tips for Getting Started
January 25, 2015
  Barefoot running is becoming an ever increasingly popular activity amongst experienced runners and beginners...
Rewilding
Neurological Deficient Epidemic
January 25, 2015
In the modern world we have created a lifestyle that starves our neurology on both...
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Donation Fulfillment to Children in India
January 25, 2015
This week I have been busily working on the first batch of Indian kids’ sandals...
Earthing
Come To Your Senses through Grounding
November 25, 2014
There's been quite a buzz recently among athletes and health enthusiasts, on how to more...