@rhodestrackandfield Sorry I was being a little facetious with that comment...the "full length" comment would have gone something like: footwear companies invented modern day cushioned shoes to protect runners (and eventually joggers) from less-than-ideal running surfaces, namely roads/pavement. Yes, footwear probably existed long before people knew how many bones were present in the foot, or had any conception of "ideal gait mechanics". Shoes essentially eliminate the need to develop callouses
@CrazyHermit Because ever since the 70's people started this thing called 'jogging' aka modified walking... jogging =/= running, the mechanics are all different, in a strictly technical and purist sense. When you have poor mechanics combined with hundreds of thousands of people doing it, the injury rates or obviously going to be higher than a handful of elites training with good mechanics
@TheQuietObserver01 im going to have to disagree... shoes were invented long before roads were, and they were thin sandals to protect from cuts or bruising from sharp rocks. no arch support, no motion control. just protection from cuts and bruising.
your laying claim to why normal shoes suck because injury rates syrocketed when the cortez was invented in 72? you are aware the 70s was also the running boom?
@mobytoss just saw a dog outside running barefoot. Guess he was taking part in this trend too. Oh, and those humans who lived thousands of years before running shoes were invented. Despite what may be said, and any facts people claim, here are some I found for myself:
i kno that guy he coaches for buffalo
blackjoe1992 4 months ago
@rhodestrackandfield Sorry I was being a little facetious with that comment...the "full length" comment would have gone something like: footwear companies invented modern day cushioned shoes to protect runners (and eventually joggers) from less-than-ideal running surfaces, namely roads/pavement. Yes, footwear probably existed long before people knew how many bones were present in the foot, or had any conception of "ideal gait mechanics". Shoes essentially eliminate the need to develop callouses
TheQuietObserver01 7 months ago
@CrazyHermit Because ever since the 70's people started this thing called 'jogging' aka modified walking... jogging =/= running, the mechanics are all different, in a strictly technical and purist sense. When you have poor mechanics combined with hundreds of thousands of people doing it, the injury rates or obviously going to be higher than a handful of elites training with good mechanics
TheQuietObserver01 7 months ago
@TheQuietObserver01 im going to have to disagree... shoes were invented long before roads were, and they were thin sandals to protect from cuts or bruising from sharp rocks. no arch support, no motion control. just protection from cuts and bruising.
rhodestrackandfield 7 months ago
at the beginning i thought there is going to be a joke about seamen.
officechronic 7 months ago
your laying claim to why normal shoes suck because injury rates syrocketed when the cortez was invented in 72? you are aware the 70s was also the running boom?
anUHkins 9 months ago
@algismorales amen. just run with out shoes.
nickmorganmusic 10 months ago
Barefoot running means BAREfoot running! Not running in Vibrams, or Nike Free!
algismorales 11 months ago
@mobytoss just saw a dog outside running barefoot. Guess he was taking part in this trend too. Oh, and those humans who lived thousands of years before running shoes were invented. Despite what may be said, and any facts people claim, here are some I found for myself:
I run barefoot
I love it
I have no injuries
XDeuce1 1 year ago 2
So many opinions in here and people claiming facts which I question how they know for certain. Here are some facts I know to be true:
I run barefoot
I love it
No injuries
Argue with that. If you dont believe me, so what. Go find your own facts.
XDeuce1 1 year ago