Very interesting article Rick. I've been toying with the idea of barefoot running for some time but have resisted chucking out the cushioned shoes. I have a pair of fivefingers but have not used them consistently. I'm not sure what the consequences of mixing barefoot and cushioned running would be.
PS: The Dr Hartman referred to in the article shares a great-grandfather with me.
Hi Grellan, the 5 fingers seem like a good idea! What do they feel like to run in! And what are the after effect on your muscles! I think in this modern world of tarmac and concrete barefoot running is a bit extreme! But some bare foot running on grass might be a good way to strengthen the feet and lower legs!
Interesting but with some curious reasoning. Actually I agree about modern shoes weakening the feet, my arches are in a terrible state.
But.....
1/
Runners wearing top-of-the-line trainers are 123 per cent more likely to get injured than runners in cheap ones.
This doesn't mean anythng without correlating against weights and ages; aren't older, heavier and therefore probably richer runners are more likely to be injured ?
2/ In any case Gordon Pirie (inventor of the screw in spike) said all this before, see pp28 of
Very interesting article Rick. I've been toying with the idea of barefoot running for some time but have resisted chucking out the cushioned shoes. I have a pair of fivefingers but have not used them consistently. I'm not sure what the consequences of mixing barefoot and cushioned running would be.
ReplyDeletePS: The Dr Hartman referred to in the article shares a great-grandfather with me.
Hi Grellan, the 5 fingers seem like a good idea!
ReplyDeleteWhat do they feel like to run in!
And what are the after effect on your muscles!
I think in this modern world of tarmac and concrete barefoot running is a bit extreme!
But some bare foot running on grass might be a good way to strengthen the feet and lower legs!
Interesting but with some curious reasoning.
ReplyDeleteActually I agree about modern shoes weakening
the feet, my arches are in a terrible state.
But.....
1/
Runners wearing top-of-the-line trainers are 123 per cent more likely to get injured than runners in cheap ones.
This doesn't mean anythng without correlating
against weights and ages; aren't
older, heavier and therefore probably
richer runners are more likely to be injured ?
2/ In any case Gordon Pirie (inventor of the screw in spike) said all this before, see pp28 of
Gordon Pirie Book
Thanks for the Gorden Pirie book, interesting read! cheers.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know much about Pirie
ReplyDeletetill I read the book....
Gordon was the man...
no actually Dave Moorcroft
was the man but that's another story.