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"He conquers who endures" - Persius "Every workout should have a purpose. Every purpose should link back to achieving a training objective." - Spaniel
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Barefoot and happy
Modern homo sapien's feet have not evolved or were not designed to run long distances on asphalt and concrete.
Wearing properly fitted shoes seems to do the trick for most people.
Does it really? Go read the "health and fitness" board and see all the injuries. More than half of runners suffer from chronic overuse injuries. I strongly suspect that many of those wouldn't have happened if people were not wearing big padded things on their feet to completely screw up their natural form.
Another Passion
Rick "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa "I wanna go fast." Ricky Bobbyrunningforcassy.blogspot.com
The sentence in bold shows that the problems have nothing to do with shoes, but with proper training.
"The shoes of a Maasai warrior from northern Tanzania are seen as he dances in London's Trafalgar Square April 7, 2008.
Out there running since dinosaurs roamed the earth
Most of us are not Kenyans.
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to all those barefoot runners - I am all for it, but seriously how do you keep from being in constant pain from stepping on tiny stones and junk all over the road.
My real name is Mfume Mgwlamba. I hunt gazelle on foot.
The Greatest of All Time
All hail Mfume! In seriousness, these tribes really do chase animals until the animals collapse from exhaustion. It's called persistence hunting, and it's probably one of the reasons humans are exquisitely evolved for long-distance running.