Why kick off your shoes and run/walk barefoot? Humans have been running/walking barefoot (and in minimal footwear) for about two million years. It is our natural state. Our feet evolved to function without footwear. Shoes often abuse our poor misaligned, claustrophobic feet.  It is almost hard to believe we treat the foot, which literally unites us to the earth, so badly.  I admit some of us go through lots of hoops drawing attention to our feet. With pretty pedicures, high-e