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Barefoot TJ

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please share what you learn, and if you find a link to the video after the broadcast, that would be great. The Perfect Runner airs tonight on CBC's The Nature of Things at 8PM Eastern. I don't get that channel. :( Thanks!

Perfect Runner airs Tonight
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The Perfect Runner will also help you understand the science and sport of barefoot running through interviews with Harvard University's “barefoot professor” Dr. Daniel Lieberman, the so-called father of the barefoot running movement.
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The Perfect Runner: Film Looks At Humans' Superior Ability To Run (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
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Thompson, an anthropologist, has spent months travelling to Africa's Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia and Arctic Siberia to explore how humans evolved to become nature's best endurance runners -- and to test the theory of barefoot running.
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Well, I enjoyed it as a balanced presentation that fit with my biases ;) ... and I'm hoping my skeptical and unsupportive mother watched it, as she is a fan of The Nature of Things and is constantly getting in little digs about how stupid and un-natural it is for someone to waste time running.

Since The Nature of Things is a documentary series that tends to focus on biological sciences, and the host of this episode was an anthropologist, it not surprisingly focused on the evolutionary angle. To me it didn't seem like a "test of the theory of barefoot running" as much as just a justification for time spent barefoot and barefoot-style form, and support for the idea that we are indeed biologically programmed to be endurance runners.

The full episode is available to watch on-line here.

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Outstanding! Thanks for the link. I can't wait to find some quiet time to watch this.
 
So bummed.
 
Watched it last night online. Good program. Interesting that it points out the economics plays a huge role in foot development. Growing up poor in an agricultural setting leads to more barefoot which leads to stronger feet.
 
it'll be on youdoob soon enough
 
So I could possibly have a copy of the original documentary at my disposal. And if I possibly wanted to download it to a location that everybody could see it, how would someone go about doing that. I tried uploading it on my blog, oops, I mean a friend might of been trying to upload it onto his blog with no success. Must be a size limit thing or something. I am not the swiftest when it comes to technology so if someone persay wanted to message me with some hints on how to do this, i might just be able to get that info to my friend. ;)
 
About 2 GB, two files 0.99GB each