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The verdict is mixed.

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When Danielle Johnston set her mind to something, she committed to it. She was 5 when she first fell off her bike. She hit a wooden fence post painted with

With your ankle. so running is like kissing, right? >> you barefoot run. >> i love to barefoot run. >> a lot of people say this is a fad. you study the way we evolve and what happens to your body when we run. >> if its a fad, its a 2 million a year fad. weve been running for millions of years and shoes have been invented recently. most on us grew up wearing shoes and dont have the strength in our feet and calf muscles arent strong. if you wear shoes your whole life and all of a sudden take your ...

>> i love to barefoot run. >> a lot of people say its a fad. you studied this. you studied the way we evolve and whats happening to your body when you run. do you think its a fad? >> well, if its a fad its about a 2 million old fad and weve been running for millions of years and shoes were only invented recently. but most of us grew up wearing shoes and were not adamanted to be fair foot. we dont have the strength in our feet. if youve been running with shoes all your life and you decide to take...

Fragile toes. thats a lot of impact and weight. you land on your forefoot, like that, then when you come off instead of being locked in that leg naturally flex is lightly backwards. so the knee has very little stress. >> would it be possible to film you just running a little bit so i can see it sort of all together now? is that okay, guys? >> ive done my squats. get my posture aligned. yeah. >> you look very graceful while youre running. thats the first thing i sort of noticed. >> thank you. >> ...

>> you look very graceful while youre running. thats the first thing i sort of noticed. >> thank you. >> whats the biggest disadvantage of barefoot running aside from stepping on a rock or something like that? >> disadvantage of barefoot running. i honestly cant think of one. >> thats a pretty good endorsement from you. >> yeah. the thing about it, too, it is so fun. when you run in your bare feet you feel like youre getting away with something that you shouldnt be allowed to do. your feet are m...