Just saw a cool article about the
Tarahumara Indians. Apparently they are extremely good at running ultramarathons ... these events are usually over 80km long and often over rugged mountainous terrain. Most of them run either bare foot or in laced sandals.
There is also a
mens health article about them which tells the story of a man who tried to adopt their training style ... he used footwear with less padding and was able to train for and complete an ultramarathon without any of his usual injuries plaguing him.
It all sounds very intruiging.