I enjoy running as much as my body and this heat will allow me to do. I just got a great new pair of sneakers that I actually got fitted for because I was having a lot of pain in my feet and legs in my previous pair of shoes. I felt I could run faster and more comfortable since I have changed over to these sneakers.
Today in class we went sort of off track and began talking about this tribe that goes running numerous miles with no shoes. This was very interesting to me since I complain when I have a pair of shoes that I feel are uncomfortable and when these people are running with no shoes on and winning races!!! I must be a baby to be complaining about hurting feet.
I came across many articles saying that running barefoot is actually safer then running with shoes. "It allows you to run with the proper technique, instead of the heal-toe technique used when wearing sneakers." said by Ken who runs all of his races with no shoes and says now that sneakers only slow him down. I don't know if I would ever be able to handle the pounding of the cement in the city of Boston on my bare feet!
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in our natural environments (places with soft ground, like dirt and sand) our heels absorb more of our weight, sinking deeper into the ground. This depth creates a negative angle, about 3 degrees.
99% of shoes (there is ONE company that doesn't) create the opposite affect, actually raising the heel. This is detrimental to our natural walk, putting pressure on our joints, shortening our muscles and tendons, and creates pain.
Check out "Earth Shoes"
as a side note, walking barefoot on anything but soft ground is just as bad as the raised heel, and causes the same pains.
so the moral: for less pain, either get "negative heel technology" or walk barefoot on soft ground.
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