A runner's middle ground
Photo: Courtesy of Columbia For the longest time, I was a skeptic — if not full-blown critic — of the trend of running barefoot. You could chalk a big reason up to evolution. Just like the humans who wear them, running shoes have evolved over time, with today’s offering more support, protection, resilience, and comfort than ever before.
For my first pair of minimalist runners, I turned to Merrell — a brand I’ve known and sworn by since high school, when I got my first pair of Merrell boots for long-distance hikes. Those boots lasted for years and always treated me well, which seemed reason enough to try out the brand’s minimalist Bare Access XTR trail-running shoes.
I genuinely liked running in the Merrells, but to get a better sense of whether I just liked that particular shoe — or minimalist runners in general — I called in a pair of Columbia’s Alpine FTG trail runners from a contact of mine at the company . The FTG in their name stands for “Feel The Ground,” and just like the Merrells, I quickly learned that’s what these shoes allow you to do, too.
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