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The Great Barefoot Running Hysteria of 2010
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#82I have run barefoot and used minimal soles for more than 20 years, also using "normal" shoes from time to time, most of the time I use minimal, no heel soles. That is something I did when I started working from home long hours as heels were very harmful for me. If you are thinking about doing it when you never did before, DON'T. You should be doing a progressive transition. It changes your knees, ankles and calves. I…
About 20 years ago I changed from running in basketball shoes to minimal shoes. At the time I was only running about 5K. It took me about 10 months to work up to 5k in the minimal shoes.
My general approach is to run less far but more often since you usually don't notice tendon injuries while you're exercising, but a day or two later.
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#83Seems we've attracted all the barefoot runners in this thread and none of the common-footed people...
Anyways, I'll add my experience with barefoot running:
- Forefoot/midfoot strike is the most important takeaway. Heel strikes are for walking (slow, low-impact), not running (faster, higher-impact).
- I used to get shin splints from sports like soccer and basketball. But as long as I do some barefoot jogging (1-2x/week) I'm pain free. I think it strengthens the supportive muscles around the knee and ankle. All the leg muscles, really.
- Speaking of soccer, anyone have recommendations for wide cleats?
- I only got one tiny thorn/splinter in the past few years of going barefoot.
- I'd rather jog on concrete than grass because grass can hide things like sharp objects or doggy dookie. In general, I run barefoot in places I trust, and I always scan the ground ahead of me as I run.
Note that I'm an amateur runner, not doing more than 5Ks. But cardio conditioning is my limiting factor, not feet or legs.
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#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
OK now I need a citation lol.
Cite me then as far you trust I'm representing my own truth. I don't even know what you are demanding exactly. There's not going to be any universal human truth so its going to be made up of opinionated reporting with arbitrary scientific assignments. You don't believe that the average person has positive feelings about walking on meadow or mud or whatever scientific endpoint? Or you don't think human touch is on ave…
>You don't believe that the average person has positive feelings about walking on meadow or mud or whatever scientific endpoint? Or you don't think human touch is on average perceived positively
As noted elsewhere, something being "perceived positively" is different than "good for you". I perceive drinking beer positively, after all. But I think we can agree that it's not good for me.
Your whole comment is basically "science doesn't matter because I feel good when I do X".
>Like I said, I believe what I experience, so very sorry to extrapolate a simple life experience almost universal to all humans since the dawn of time onto my suburban vice lord.
This is unnecessary snark.
By all means, go barefoot or whatever makes you feel good. I even think that there's probably some sort of merit to it. But you don't need to get so defensive over someone asking if there's something more substantial than "well I said so" when it's being recommended to them. Especially if there are counter-examples also in the thread.
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#85It's a pretty good article. In that era I saw two major misconceptions around minimalism in running footwear. The first is the idea that heel-to-toe "drop" is the the main important metric -- of course, a shoe company thing. Actually what matters a lot more is proprioception -- the feeling of knowing where your foot is in space relative to the ground, and also the feedback your foot is getting from the ground. The se…
what brands get proprioception well?
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
For a couple of years, there was this barefoot guy who commuted on the same train as me to work. No matter the season, always barefoot. I must say, purely from a hygiene perspective, it felt uncomfortable looking at his feet. They were dirty and dusty in the same way shoes would pick up dirt. What do your feet look like today ? Honest question.
I agree it shocks at first, but shoes are even dirtier as people don't wash them daily as they would with their feet.
yes, but you probably also won't wash your feet several times a day going in / out?
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#87A blast from the past!
I read the book and did some actual barefoot running (got a lot of weird looks) and a lot of friends bought the shoes.
Now I think about it, I’ve not seen anyone in Vibrams for years
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#88I run a lot, so people are always asking me about this and what kind of shoes to wear. I think the answer is pretty clear - training and paying attention to what hurts or doesn't hurt your personal feet is much more important than any particular shoe. Wear shoes that are comfortable, and try to run in a low impact way. Barefoot running is a good exercise for that, maybe but I always sort of think .. just run like you have no shoes on, but with shoes, and collect all the benefits.
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#89"The concept of running shoes as we understand them today, specifically designed to improve running efficiency and comfort, did not emerge until the late 19th and early 20th centuries."
It's a neat idea imagining what running footwear was like throughout history. Was Pheidippides barefoot when he purportedly ran from Marathon to Athens? Did Indigenous Americans debate which style of moccasins was better for your long term foot health? Did warriors develop plantar fasciitis from poorly designed boots?
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#90Are "regular" shoes with thin soles the same as "minimal" shoes?
For example converse all stars / vans / boat shoes?
I prefer to feel the pedals when I'm driving a car and use thin soles, but yet walking with these shoes really (excuse the pun) tires out my feet.