outside.away.com — The running shoe industry is a multi-billion dollar business. But a backlash is occurring -- among back-to-nature runners and increasingly doctors -- suggesting all these highly cushioned/over-designed shoes actually cause greater injuries than simpler or potentially even no shoes.
Jul 17, 2009 View in Crawl 4
dbz253Jul 18, 2009
running barefoot is really not that difficult. just keep an eye on the ground for broken glass and whatnot.
cjr71244Jul 19, 2009
didn't they wear moccasins?
copypastryJul 19, 2009
/s by the way, since 9 of you didn't realize it.
unterdenlindenJul 19, 2009
Not to mention striking with your heel ends up braking your whole stride, and slowing down is not exactly what you want.
Closed AccountJul 19, 2009
I don't care how hard the soil is, it's still not going to be as hard as concrete. A better argument would be people evolved to run on granite rock and mountains (which we didn't). At least THAT'S comparable to concrete. Furthermore, the number of people who would evolved to run on harder surfaces would not be that many, since most people didn't live in that kind of terrain.
kwilmsJul 20, 2009
More praise for the no/less shoe running movement.