Your running shoes are a lie
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Your running shoes are a lie
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#2It might be possible to run barefoot on a track, but not on the dirt!
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#3It might be possible to run barefoot on a track, but not on the dirt!
Maybe. That depends on the conditioning of your feet. The other big takeaway from the article is that if you are going to wear shoes, the less padding, the better.
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#4If you have planar fasciitis (many people do), your running shoes are not a lie. Less padding is pure evil in that situation.
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#5If you have planar fasciitis (many people do), your running shoes are not a lie. Less padding is pure evil in that situation.
Do you dare question the Daily Mail?!
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#6As a kid, my siblings and I would practically forgo shoes when summer vacation arrived. When school started we'd grudgingly force them on over our toughened pads and endure the sting of wearing our natural soles down inside them. I remember that, but now my feet are always in a cushioned palace, gellin' like a felon, and soft as a baby's bottom. It seems as though I haven't cultivated the best support for my body ...
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#7Interesting article, but why is this being portrayed as some type of unique situation? Entire industries from sporting goods to "organic" foods market themselves as something you need to be healthy, successful or competitive. In reality, of course, they aren't.
Look at golf clubs. You can buy a driver the size of a VW Beetle and made of material that would have made NASA jealous 20 years ago ... but after several decades, the average golf score hasn't gone down.
Lots of things are a lie ...
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#8It's a good article and I'm glad I read it, but please restore the original title (or, better, the subtitle). There's no need to bait it up.
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#10I've always wanted to try a pair of Vibram Five Fingers (http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/), they are about as close to running barefoot as you can get while still having a little protection.