Monday, January 10, 2011

Barefoot running is (not) good for you.

Limping toward the first-aid station, I encountered three Kenyans who had been among the top finishers. They pointed at my feet, and I noticed that they were wearing ordinary running sneakers.
“Did you really run in those?” one asked.
“I did.”
“We used to run barefoot to school every day, until we got shoes in high school,” he said. “But we used to run on dirt and grass. We would never run like that on pavement.” He paused and laughed. “You’re crazy.”


That's the best part to this GREAT ARTICLE on a guy's attempt to train for and run a half marathon on Vibrams.



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