Shoes vs Barefoot Running | Ultra-running experts Chris McDougall and Eric Orton (Part 2)

The secret to health and happiness is right at your feet.
When Christopher McDougall set off to find an answer the mystery of why his foot hurt, he began an epic adventure that him from the high-tech science labs of Harvard to the deadly terrain of Mexico’s Copper Canyons. He soon discovered the little-known world of barefoot ultrarunning - and his excitement helped spark a global movement.
Now Christopher and his coach Eric Orton join How To Academy with a hands-on, practical guide to exploring the world on your own two feet.
Christopher McDougall is a former war correspondent for the Associated Press and author of the international bestseller Born to Run, which is currently being adapted into a film, Natural Born Heroes and Running with Sherman. He lives in rural Pennsylvania and Hawaii.
Eric Orton is a performance guru, world-renowned running coach and author of The Cool Impossible.
Hannah MacInnes is a broadcaster and journalist. Alongside hosting How To Academy’s live programmes and podcast, she presents a cultural show on Times Radio and interviews on-stage at a number of other major literary events. She is the host of The Klosters Forum Podcast series and has written for the Radio Times, the Evening Standard and TLS. Before going freelance she worked for 8 years at BBC Newsnight, as Planning Editor and as a Producer / Filmmaker.