Description: The joys and benefits of barefoot running.
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My name is Bruce Toien. "Barefoot Bruce" is my moniker, for I’ve been running barefoot for many years — a couple of decades — by now. I run barefoot because (like other physical activities I enjoy doing such as hiking, biking, swimming, skiing and so on) it’s a rich experience, a rewarding realm of mastery that offers opportunities to learn all kinds of new things about my body, myself and the world around me. But above all, running barefoot is freeing, fun and (most of the time) a simple joy!
The original motivation for setting up this site was to try to answer in one place the various questions people ask when they see me running without shoes or hiking barefoot or simply going for an unshod evening walk around the neighborhood with my wife Gail (who chooses to use shoes). Folks are naturally curious about a man who has willingly tossed aside his shoes like a restless kid. I admit, it’s a pretty unusual sight in our “advanced” society; but I hope that after you peruse my website you will see th
I have organized this website around the most frequently asked questions (FAQ’s) people ask me when I’m barefooting. I have also included a few questions no one has verbalized but which I am sure many have neverthe less thought quietly to themselves!