By Christopher McDougall, the author of Born to Run. It reads a bit like an update on the subject, 2 years after the book.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/magazine/running-christopher-mcdougall.html
But simply putting something different on your feet doesn’t make you a gliding Tarahumara. The “one best way” isn’t about footwear. It’s about form. Learn to run gently, and you can wear anything. Fail to do so, and no shoe — or lack of shoe — will make a difference.
This really is the whole point: Be gentle, soft (and quiet), no matter what you wear on your feet.
