Is Barefoot Better

Wall Street Journal ^ | June 06, 06 | TARA PARKER-POPE

[Sam Cree]

Weird. Do any of us run this way?

[theDentist]

That all depends on if her boyfriend pulls into the driveway earlier than expected. :)

[Red Badger]

Moccasins........

[Grut]

Interestingly, Chaka Zulu ascribed certain benefits to running barefoot, one of which was that if you did he wouldn't have his executioners beat you to death.

[FearlessFreep]

Just to the toilet.

[Protagoras]

Weird. Do any of us run this way?

If you aren't chasing something or fleeing from something, running makes no sense.

Sitting on a lawn chair drinking beer,,, now that makes sense.

[dennisw]

I much prefer walking barefoot at the beach etc. In the house I'm barefoot or in socks

[oldbill]

Just another not-so-subtle way for the WSJ to get us to accept illegal aliens.

[TommyDale]

It is sort of difficult to run barefoot, with all the hazards like broken glass, aluminum pull tabs, nails, etc. I think I'll continue to run with shoes on my feet if it's okay.

[CDHart]

I read somewhere that the human foot is actually made to have a callus as much as 1/2" thick -- that's how some of the native tribes could run a long way barefoot.

Carolyn

[facedown]

Is Barefoot Better

Only if you enjoy ringworm.

[formercalifornian]

[altura]

I'm always dreaming that I'm walking barefoot and it hurts.

What does this mean?

[AnnaZ]

I'm quite curious about this.

I run on one of those spongy tracks at the nearby middle school (I have shin splints), and I'd think about trying it if a) it works, and b) it doesn't make me look like a dork.

(P. S. You might be able to take my Nike's, but you'll have to pry my iPod from my cold, dead hands.)

= )

[I_like_good_things_too]

Well, I know this is a good way for the human foot to develop when children are first learning to walk. Recommendations are to allow your toddlers, when safe, to go barefoot.

This of course disturbs the older generation terribly (grandparents). "WHERE ARE HIS SHOES?????"

[cowboyway]

[1L]

I really hope you are lucky to avoid the cancer and heart disease that people like you are in terrible risk for.

At least put your beer down for an hour and walk. You'll be able to drink more beer when you aren't dead.

[socal_parrot]

Weird. Do any of us run this way?

Worked for Zola Budd

[HamiltonJay]

As someone who has had his right knee scoped twice already, I can tell you unequivicably, NO I don't run barefoot, other than on well groomed and manicured grass when farting around with the kids.

My workouts are always done in a crosstraining shoe with good absorption in the sole. I only recently started jogging regularly, and I can tell you, a bad shoe/no shoe and my knee would be aching within 5 minutes and hurt for days... Good shoes make all the difference... The more I jog, the less the knee hurts in general, but I don't ever see a day when I'll be out there pounding my feet barefoot on pavement, or any hard surface.

[djf]

Same thing with sandals. My feet always feel more "natural" if I'm wearing sandals.