People might think they're crazy, but barefoot runners, even those who pursue punishing marathons sans shoes, say that freeing your feet from the confines of a sneak is just as God and nature intended ...

TRAVERSE CITY After Ken Bob Saxton struggled to finish his first marathon in 1987, he came to a quick conclusion he wasn't going to be in any hurry to try another one. "It was painful," he said.

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NEW YORK | Ken Bob Saxton, the ebullient evangelist of running barefoot, got a lot of attention at last week's Boston Marathon with his simple message: Runners would, on the whole, suffer far fewer ...