Barefoot runners need to stop

cooldude wrote:

I run a couple miles barefoot every week for strengthening but I know that if I did it all the time I would get injured.

I agree with this approach. I think that most runners would. There will always be exremists.

people need to live and let live. who gives a f*** what someone else is or is not wearing on their goddamn feet? I like running barefoot on the grass infield of the track. I don't think i'll ever get injured doing this. Sue me.

Good read, thank-you.

Please keep purchasing padded footwear product from the Nike Corporation on a frequent basis.

Barefoot runners are bad for multinational corporation's profits. Buy, buy buy!

cooldude wrote:

I'm just a dumb kid but there must be something to this whole wearing shoes thing when all good runners wear shoes.

Yes, there is something to it: it's the money that pro runners get from their shoe sponsor.

I do 99% of my miles in Vibrams (on dirt trails). Trainers are fine on the road, but they're completely overkill on dirt and grass. Lots of very fast people do all of their mileage in flats or Vibrams.

Do what you do and stop worrying about other people.

I've been doing around 75 mpw all in Vibrams for the last 6 months and have been injury-free. I think that goes beyond the boundaries of "recreational runner". Plus, as a self-described "dumb kid", what the hell do you know about foot strike, form, etc.

NIKE MARKETING MESSAGE wrote:

Please keep purchasing padded footwear product from the Nike Corporation on a frequent basis.

Barefoot runners are bad for multinational corporation's profits. Buy, buy buy!

What do you think is the bigger rip-off

padded, neutral nike pegasus ($85) or vibram kso ($85). if you're going to play the rip-off card then i hope you realize how bad vibram is pwning people.

When is the last time you heard of a Masai tribesman with PF? Who is with me? Anyone?

when's the last time any of them were good?

how many miles do you get out of your padded shoes? About 500? I get 2000 out of my flats, and I'm guessing Vibrams last about as long. Yes, you are being ripped off paying 85 dollars for a chunk of rubber foam sewn together by some kids for 10 cents an hour.

It's about distance/mileage. Girls like the ultra studs...not the short-distance 10k weenies.

Gramma Gramma bills yall wrote:

how many miles do you get out of your padded shoes? About 500? I get 2000 out of my flats, and I'm guessing Vibrams last about as long. Yes, you are being ripped off paying 85 dollars for a chunk of rubber foam sewn together by some kids for 10 cents an hour.

And what's YOUR 5k PR?

This has nothing to do with speed.

You can't be a serious runner and do all of your running barefoot because you will get injured.[/quote]

Depends what you mean here. If you mean a traditional running injury (knee pain, shin splints, foot pain, whatever) then I have to say that no, barefoot running will actually make you injured LESS. Luckily, you dont have to run barefoot to "avoid" those.

I'm just gonna say that the average 5k pr of everyone arguing for vibrams is probably at least 4 minutes slower than the average 5k pr of everyone bashing pure barefoot running. Just throwin that out there. Prove me wrong, give me some stats cuz when I watch high profile races I see shoes and people who wear them.

I work at a shoe store. Everyone that comes in asking for vibrams is over weight. Even if we did carry them, there is no way I would sell vibrams to them. Most of the good young runners come in for light-weight trainers, which are practical.

The problem is that most people resorting to their footwear to save them from injury or to improve their running are not all that fit. The fit people are sticking to the industry standards of the last several years that got them to where they are. Most healthy runners have little incentive to change to minimal footwear at this point, whereas unfit runners do have some incentive to try the new fad. We probably need to give it another 20 years to see real results, because then the children of the minimal movement will have grown up with the minimal approach and we can see how they compare.

My guess, though, is that they'll probably be training in racing flats. What strikes me most about the minimal movement media is that so much of it ignores the availability of racing shoes and focuses on barefooting or Vibrams, as evidenced by all the people going barefoot or asking for Vibrams instead of walking into their LRS and asking to see the racing flats.

news flash - most people who wear padded running shoes are Hobby Joggers.