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1960: <\/strong>New Balance introduces the Trackster, generally recognized as the first shoe seriously designed as a daily running shoe.<\/p>\n

See Also: You Don't Know How to Run<\/h3> Inside the Minimalist Running Movement<\/a><\/div>

Making the Switch<\/h3> Scott Douglas weights the pros and cons of making the switch to minimalism<\/a>
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The Minimalism Starter Kit<\/h3> Easing into the barefoot revolution<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n

September 1960:<\/strong> Abebe Bikila (pictured) wins the Olympic marathon barefoot.<\/p>\n

1976:<\/strong> Brooks introduces the Vantage, the first running shoe with an EVA midsole and \u201cpronation control,\u201d a big step toward what conventional running shoes look like today.<\/p>\n

1977:<\/strong> Jim Fixx\u2019s Complete Book of Running<\/em><\/a> tops the New York Times<\/em> bestseller list; Fixx wears Onitsuka Tiger racing flats on the cover.<\/p>\n

1993\u201395: <\/strong>Tarahumara Indians win the Leadville 100-miler in Colorado wearing handmade sandals.<\/p>\n

2004:<\/strong> Nike introduces the Free as a \u201ctraining tool\u201d to strengthen the feet and lower legs, an acknowledgment that most running shoes of the time provided no such benefits.<\/p>\n

2009: <\/strong>Chris McDougall\u2019s Born to Run<\/em><\/a> becomes a bestseller, ushering the nascent minimalism movement into the mainstream.<\/p>\n

2010:<\/strong> Just four years after the shoe was introduced, Vibram FiveFingers account for 2 percent of running-shoe sales.<\/p>\n

January 2010:<\/strong> Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman publishes research in Nature<\/em><\/a> supporting the idea that conventional running shoes alter \u201cnatural\u201d running mechanics.<\/p>\n

May 2010:<\/strong> The backlash begins. The Hoka One One<\/a>, a so-called maximalist running shoe with an eye-poppingly oversize midsole, debuts.<\/p>\n

January 2012:<\/strong> Meb Keflezighi wins the Olympic marathon trials in Skechers, one of dozens of mainstream brands now making minimalist shoes.<\/p>\n

March 2012:<\/strong> A class action is filed against Vibram for deceptive claims about the health benefits of its FiveFingers<\/a> shoes.<\/p>\n

December 2012:<\/strong> Former Vibram CEO Tony Post launches a line of second-generation minimalist shoes, ToPo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A history of the minimalist running shoe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1571591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"uuid":"0f36b7ee21f5598670c3994dd5e55ca3","footnotes":""},"categories":[2562],"tags":[2653,2673,2613,3085],"byline":[806],"ad_cat":[],"legacy-category":[],"class_list":["post-2451864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-run","tag-athletes","tag-events","tag-running","tag-running-shoes","byline-scott-douglas"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Deconstructed: The Rise of the Minimalist Running Shoe","url":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-gear\/run\/deconstructed-rise-minimalist-running-shoe\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-gear\/run\/deconstructed-rise-minimalist-running-shoe\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated-images_parent\/migrated-images_54\/minimalist-history-shoe_fe.jpg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated-images_parent\/migrated-images_54\/minimalist-history-shoe_fe.jpg"},"articleSection":"Running","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"sperkins-pom"}],"creator":["sperkins-pom"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Online","logo":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/favicon-194x194-1.png"},"keywords":["athletes","events","running","running shoes"],"dateCreated":"2013-04-02T00:00:00Z","datePublished":"2013-04-02T00:00:00Z","dateModified":"2022-12-05T18:44:57Z"},"rendered":"