I bet that his research is paid for by a shoe company.
you mean the research for the website? i dunno about that. half the time he doesnt even provide the research, right after criticizing someone for failing to do so. i think his only resource is google, and still, some of his references are only generalizations not based on any real scientific fact.
if a shoe company is paying him i think it speaks volumes about their lack of character and willingness to support anything that will benefit them regardless of truthiness.
Imminent Catastrophe
I bet it's pulled out of his a$$.
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Oh, man I have to quote him off his own site. "The amount of passion involved in supporting a theory and the amount of emotional attachment to a theory is inversely proportional to the amount of evidence for that theory" (* this law is currently under revision as those who it should mostly apply to are the least likely to realise it) lol Both seem to hold true for himself.
Oh, this guy must *hate* intelligent design. And evolution.
Who cares though? He is like a nutter ranting off a soap box about something like impending apocalypse. I would just ignore him in the street anyway. One visit to his site was enough for me.
All of these domains (except the DomainsByProxy on http://www.runningbarefootisbad.com/) are registered to:
Registrant:
Podiatry Portals PO Box 231 LaTrobe Uni Post Office, VIC 3083 AU Domain name: RUNNING-SHOE-RX.COM Administrative Contact: Payne, Craig PO Box 231 LaTrobe Uni Post Office, VIC 3083 AU +61.394795820 Technical Contact: Payne, Craig PO Box 231 LaTrobe Uni Post Office, VIC 3083 AU +61.394795820 Craig Payne is a Podiatrist at Latrobe Univeristy, as seen here, with ties to the referenced sites: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/podiatry/staff/Craig.html He obviously feels very strongly against barefoot running, as stated on his blog here:
Podiatry Portals PO Box 231 LaTrobe Uni Post Office, VIC 3083 AU Domain name: RUNNING-SHOE-RX.COM Administrative Contact: Payne, Craig PO Box 231 LaTrobe Uni Post Office, VIC 3083 AU +61.394795820 Technical Contact: Payne, Craig PO Box 231 LaTrobe Uni Post Office, VIC 3083 AU +61.394795820
Craig Payne is a Podiatrist at Latrobe Univeristy, as seen here, with ties to the referenced sites:
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/podiatry/staff/Craig.html
http://www.professorlifeuniverseandeverything.com/the-zealotry-of-barefoot-running/119/
So based on all of this circumstantial evidence, it's most likely him. Then again, I'm not sure why I care, it was just fun to see if I could nail it down further.
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He is getting paid through advertising and selling shoes, and he knows his SEO very well. I dedicated a mini-site to this guy: runningbarefootisbad.wordpress.com I don't like being called a nutter.
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