If you haven't noticed there has been a movement in the running community back to how it all began, barefoot. Now although many shoe companies have not endorsed this movement fully for obvious reasons, they have begun to produce extremely more minimalist shoes in the market.
Nike has introduced the Free lineup and boasts how it mimics the barefoot gait.
Adidas has also introduced a lineup of shoes called Adizero with similar characteristics.
And now New Balance is starting the Minimus lineup, which in my mind is getting closest to minimal running by a major shoe company. Below is a teaser/intro video to the shoe and how it was developed with collaboration with one of the best ultra marathon runners, Anton Krupicka. Krupicka is one of the quickest rising stars to the sport and is known for his simplistic approach to gear and training. Minimal shoes and lack of timers encompass how he trains. He simply runs as much as he can with a normal weekly training that logs over 200 miles, with much of these being barefoot.
After starting to compete in marathons and ultras he quickly began winning, and winning big. In 2006 and 2007 he won the Leadville 100 (just google to understand how crazy this race is) where he set a record time and finished 3.25 hours before the runner-up.
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