Forums >General Running>Photo of a Tanzanian Marathoner's Shoes
Junior Amphibian
"People ask why I run. I say, 'If you have to ask, you will never understand'. It is something only those select few know. Those who put themselves through pain, but know, deep down, how good it really feels." - Erin Leonard
The Greatest of All Time
I am sure Phil Knight is shitting himself.
DWARP Marathon Madness Mob
You probably want the shoes because they are black
Me and my RP
Marion Shut it and Run
Man in Tights
Ex-Smoker turned Runner!
"Run slowly, run daily, drink in moderation, and don't eat like a pig" Dr. Ernst Van Aaken. Sorry ultrasteve.
So let's hear from you minimalists out there. This really is no different than the Tarahumara indians in Northern Mexico who have similar "shoes" and run for hundreds of miles with no injuries. What about you barefoot runners? Abebe Bikala won the 1960 Olympic Marathon gold medal, or sometime around then, running in Rome...barefoot.
What was the secret, they wanted to know; in a thousand different ways they wanted to know The Secret. And not one of them was prepared, truly prepared to believe that it had not so much to do with chemicals and zippy mental tricks as with that most unprofound and sometimes heart-rending process of removing, molecule by molecule, the very tough rubber that comprised the bottoms of his training shoes. The Trial of Miles, Miles of Trials. How could they be expected to understand that? -John Parker
E.J.Greater Lowell Road RunnersCry havoc and let slip the dawgs of war!May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your SPF30, may the rains fall soft upon your sweat-wicking hat, and until you hit the finish line may The Flying Spaghetti Monster hold you in the hollow of His Noodly Appendage.
skinnycaponesugar
Love, Run, Sleep
You mean to tell me they can afford plane tickets to Britain but not running sneaks? C'mon people!