shoes are bad!

EXCELLENT book, probably one of the best I've read recently:
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Good article (shoes are bad!), Popular Mechanics says so!

Another good article (seriously, shoes are bad!), Popular Science agrees!

-Christopher
[UPDATE: Some interesting links below]

• Podiatrist advocates going barefoot
• U.K.s first barefoot trail
• Barefooters.org
• Great article at Discover.com (from 2006)
• Christopher McDougall, author of Born to Run on the Daily Show
• McDougall interview on WHYY
• Born To Run website