Up until recently, run­ning shoes have mainly been clas­si­fied in terms of motion con­trol, sta­bil­ity, and arch sup­port. Such clas­si­fi­ca­tion requires a whole vocab­u­lary of words, such as neu­tral, prona­tion, and advanced. When Min­i­mal shoes are included in the mix, though, a new clas­si­fi­ca­tion is called for. With­out more than one cat­e­gory for any­thing less than the reg­u­lar, large run­ning shoes out there, most peo­ple will remain con­fused and even mis­guided when it comes to “bare­foot” run­ning shoes.