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Running shoes bad for the joints?
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Feb 3, 2010 at 9:47 pm #1569643
Hi Craig
> contrary to just about every bit of conventional running wisdom out there.
That's the only bit I would argue with. Running wisdom these days *at the State and National level*, is very much along the barefoot lines. Only at the school and little college level do you find coaches who still believe in the Gospel according to Nike.Cheers
PS: I live barefoot, and have done so for the last 10+ years. Before that I went to work in flip-flops.Feb 14, 2010 at 9:34 pm #1573906A study on the difference between walking and running barefoot:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-02/uou-tco020310.php"Our study shows that the heel-down posture increases the economy of walking but not the economy of running," says Carrier. "You consume more energy when you walk on the balls of your feet or your toes than when you walk heels first."
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