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Talkback: The Barefoot-Running Debate: Is Less More?

IkleBasielButnIkleBasielButn ✭✭✭
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I swapped from regular running shoes to barefoot shoes (five fingers) to train for this year's London marathon. I had a sore knee. (ITB) I still have a sore knee, but it's no worse or better with the barefoot shoes. I had high hopes that it would kick my injury, like it did to everyone in the book (Born to Run) Sadly not. But I still love my new shoes. Funky with a capital F!
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    There is only one person out of the numerous characters in Born to Run who runs barefoot, and he does so to get over back pain. The author neither endorses barefoot running, nor runs barefoot himself.
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  • Jeff SJeff S

    We've managed to running around for about six miilion years... hunting, gathering etc, without the need for special shoes that correct our gait. If the feet weren't up to task they would never have evolved the in way they have.

    I think the debate about barefoot running is being misunderstood. To me it's more about letting your feet and legs move in a natural way... the way that they evolved.

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