It was 11 a.m. on a Friday at 15th and Locust when I saw it: a man, in nice khakis and a polo, holding his shoes and socks in one hand and his cell phone in the other. No, there wasn’t a fire, and, ...

Chris Hawson didn’t run much in New York City until he took off his shoes. That was three years, and more than 9,000 miles, ago. “You can blame Chris McDougall and Born to Run for that,” he says while ...

HE’S WALKING BAREFOOT ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO START A CONVERSATION ABOUT MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH. ANTON NEWTON BOONE, WHO GOES BY THE BAREFOOT DUTCHMAN, IS MAKING THE TREK FROM LOS ANGELES TO NEW YORK CITY.

Hanam City Mayor Lee Hyun-jae,held the opening ceremony of the “Soil-Scented Barefoot Road” on July 10 and introduced 15 new urban barefoot walking spaces where any citizen can feel nature and take ...