Learn the skill of barefoot walking and running at “The Barefoot Experience” Terra Plana, 36 Kings Road, London SW3.

Spearheaded by new research and the international bestseller “Born to Run” the ‘barefoot movement’ is gathering pace.  London’s first Barefoot Experience is dedicated to helping people rediscover natural movement, and better health, from the feet up.

In January 2010 Professor Dan Lieberman of Harvard University released his seminal research on the benefits of barefoot and the dangers of normal padded running shoes (Nature Magazine, “Tread Softly”) adding to a number of other scientific studies showing how underfoot shoe technologies are doing more harm than good.

Terra Plana are creators of Vivobarefoot, the original barefoot shoe, with a patented ultra thin puncture resistant sole that gives all the benefits of being barefoot with protection.

Now Terra Plana are proud to announce our first public workshops, to learn the key to injury free barefoot running & walking. These sessions are available on a “first come, first served” basis and are free of charge.

Classes last for 1.5 hours, 6 places are available at each session; participants will be filmed on the instore treadmill (allowing each person to see improvements in technique).

Walking classes are available on Monday August 16^th & Wednesday August 18^th.

Running classes are available on Wednesday August 25^th & Saturday August 28^th.

Classes will run at the following times on each day: 10 – 11.30am, 11.30 – 1.00pm, 2 – 3.30pm, 3.30 – 5.00pm, 5.00 – 6.30pm.

Classes will be conducted by Tony Riddle. Tony is a highly respected international running coach and numbers premier league footballers amongst his clients. Tony was trained by and works closely with, leading barefoot running expert, Lee Saxby; he is a qualified POSE level 2 instructor.

Come and enjoy the “Barefoot Experience”, kick off your shoes, release your feet, stimulate your soles and rediscover the joy of natural movement…

Where: 36 Kings Road, London SW3 / nearest tube: Sloane Square

For bookings please call: 0207 581 5764. Limited places available.

Coverage of events at Terra Plana's Barefoot Experience at 36 King's Road, on the Run 24/7 website.

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We organised a day of workshops with Barefoot Running Expert Lee Saxby and invited several key journalists to learn the skill of Barefoot running, GQ wrote about them on their blog – interesting stuff.

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Natural Born Runners is a feature story in Augusts Body Fit magazine.

The article features out expert Lee Saxby and the Evo. 

Lee Saxby says:

 "You're looking at two million years of evolution against thirty years of technology,"

"I've never met anybody who couldn't learn to run barefoot. For some it takes longer than others. We spend up to 10 hours a day slumped in front of a computer, so we have to relaern our natural posture."

And here's the bit about the Evo:

"Featuring a 4mm punctur-resistant sole and TPU cage for ultra-light breathability, this is a great minimalist design."

Background

I received the Evo the evening of March 11. Unlike conventional running shoes, there was no need for a “break-in” period. So I began running in them the next day. Thus far, I have run in the Evo a grand total of about 50 miles: a short easy run.

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