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 (CNN) -- Terry Chiplin didn't need a Harvard study to tell him what he's known for years."Barefoot running, for me, is a lot less painful than wearing running shoes," said the 55-year-old Brit, who competed in high school in thin-soled leather shoes and would run shoeless whenever he could.

After taking a break in early adulthood from the sport, Chiplin returned to it by buying a fancy pair of running shoes. "I'd come home with blisters, my feet killing me," he said. "So one day, I just said to myself, 'Who cares what anybody thinks? I'm putting sole to earth.' "

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