Cregan-Reid’s passion for running took him to the world’s most advanced running laboratories and research centers to learn why natural running—running barefoot—is being embraced by running enthusiasts as the solution to foot, leg, and knee injuries that some scientists attribute to modern running shoes.
Cregan-Reid says your body knows more about running than you ever will and our discussion is equally for those who say they can’t run or hate to run as much as it’s for running enthusiasts.
Cregan-Reid’s research and writing about the physiology of running follows in the footsteps—pun intended—of many others on this topic, most notably Christopher McDougall, the 2009 author of what some have called a gamechanger in the sport (and sports medicine) of running, the bestseller Born to Run.
