Running Barefoot

[Guest]

I have recently gotten back into running a bit. I was doing some research, and apparently running barefoot is actually good, and some say better, than with shoes. If you google it you can learn more. Anyone do this on ICmag? Or think about doing it?

 

[Silver Bullet]

I can't imagine anything as soft as grass that you could run on without shoes. I hate wearing shoes as much as the next person (haha, no i seriously do hate it) , but something has to soften the impact for the sake of your feet.

 

[Guest]

Our track team in HS trained barefoot and they kicked ass.

 

[Mr. Hand]

When I was young enough to actually run, I loved nothing better than smokin' a nice bowl and then a five mile run around the soccer field, barefoot in the grass... Ya just need to watch out for bees and dogshit.

 

[Guest]

http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/
check these out, im asking for some for christmas

 

[idontgivenames]

since it develops calluses, it would be. that's extra protection for your feet. i longboard bare foot sometimes (longboard skateboard). i like the feel of how easy it is to turn and carve, but you can snag off a toe.

 

[Haps]

Why do you think there is a sign on the restuarant door about shoes, we used to run all over the place barefoot, which was not always wonderful. Except for that time in 72 finding a bag of hash and cash in a booth, with me bare toes. Then there were the weeks of no walking because of infected feet........
H

 

[motaco]

running barefoot is fine but you gotta make sure you don't hurt yourself.

I really wouldn't reccomend it anywhere but the beach.

 

[trem0lo]

They say running barefoot strengthens the muscles of your feet that would otherwise be left weak by normal running shoes. Africans run barefoot, and so do some Mexican Indian tribes... they wear sandals to protect their feet over 30 mile jungle runs

 

[Guest]

I watched a program on barefoot rickshaw runners in India. They run barefoot all day everyday and supposedly their feet became perfect and addapted to the situation. Here is a tiny quote from what I found.

... One hundred and eighteen of those interviewed were rickshaw coolies. Because these men spend very long hours each day on cobblestone or other hard roads pulling their passengers at a run it was of particular interest to survey them. If anything, their feet were more perfect than the others. All of them, however, gave a history of much pain and swelling of the foot and ankle during the first few days of work as a rickshaw puller. But after either a rest of two days or a week's more work on their feet, the pain and swelling passed away and never returned again. There is no occupation more strenuous for the feet than trotting a rickshaw on hard pavement for many hours each day yet these men do it without pain or pathology.

 

[genkisan]

Many of the gold-medal Kenyan marathoners run barefoot......