I was (positively) surprised to hear that even my AP Chemistry professor in High School is into Barefoot running, (as he also coaches multiple running sports in school.) He's very intelligent, and is well respected by other teachers, and colleagues alike, so that absolutely disproved my .001% of doubt about the benefits of Barefoot running. Unfortunately, he and I cannot go barefoot in the Chemistry lab. I don't want a layer of skin to corrode from leftover acids, or spontaneously combusted with certain peroxides...