Sked, you are so wise. Narrow does seem to have a way of provoking discourse. Narrow, have you always been a trouble-maker? LOL
haha i'm can be a pain sometimes i can't avoid being like that
I think that article brings up some valid questions that we (as a community) should at least be aware of.
That being said, that article (and the majority of the articles on that site) are about 5 years old and portions may very well be out or date or need to be updated with current information.
seriously? such as? the only good questions for me were the Abdele Bigca and possibly the Zola Budd too
i agree
Well, I don't agree with the website, it just raises some good questions. Don't be quick to dismiss it as bs. Take it question by question and answer them.
Then there are the podiatrists. Jason R. tried to do battle with them but gave up, they would always come back to the same lack of research, etc.
For some humor watch:
http://xeroshoes.com/barefoot-running-humor/sht-barefoot-runners-say/ We have all said many of these things.
I'm not confused. I am exactly where I want to be with being barefoot and barefoot running.
I admire your passion for being barefoot, I just can't take such an extreme stance on some issues.
ok i'll do it homie
yes, i like a quote from assassins creed 1, "you can't reason with some people" i don't know if mention the quote was necessary it's well known, Dale Carnegie talks about it a lot in his book "how to make friends and influence people"
i said you got confused because you said "
I became a little less fanatical after doing a little more research, running Ultras in shoes, and discovering that I wasn't ruining my feet with shoes."
yes you do ruin your feet with modern shoes, human foot doesn't have a rounded shape in the toes, modern shoes have rounded-narrow toe box shape
it's like this game
modern shoes try to put the square into the triangle zone, and what happens is seen in my photo, the toes are deformed, specially the big toe and the pnky toe, also the excess of padding is bad and weakens the foot, but that is less worse thank you
The problem i have when people talk in absolutes like 'yes', 'no' is that there is no room for middle ground where the majority of us live.
Science is often flawed and bias, often for commercial gain, but it is also cultural.
It's obvious that cramming you're feet into narrow shoes will deform them over time, no one would dispute that, but that's different to wearing wide fitting minimal shoes designed for a purpose.
There are places i run that are remote with terrain that requires some sort of foot protection, should i deny myself visiting such places for purist views, fear or risk?
In health you choose to do something or do don't, the definition of 'good health' vs 'bad health' is not scientifically established, life is just too complex and subjective to make such an argument.
A man with one leg could say he's in good health or bad health depending on how he views himself.
It's fun locking horns with you narrow. I don't think we will ever see eye to eye, but at least we're 'chewing the fat' and trying to make sense of the world, which is a good thing.
there is no room for middle ground in discussing the discoverings of a scientist for example,
i agree, but not science, scientists, and only in the area of hypothesis and some theories, in facts discovered is not, like e = mc2 etc
so true, but are very difficult or even extremely difficult to find, even altra dissapointed me, not wide enough, way wider but dont respect the for 100%, only open toe like flip flops respect foots anatomy,
yes so true i use shoes if i have to walk on gravel for long distance, so painfull, even horses need shoes for terrains like that,
? so deformed foot isnot clear if it's healthier than no deformed foot?
i agree with you in many things skedaddle, i think u wise