Dumbest Sports inventions ever - #3 Running Shoes
- Thread starter janson
- Start date
LOVES IT! Journalist and
LOVES IT!
Journalist and distance runner Christopher McDougall did exhaustive research and uncovered the evils of running shoes in his bestselling book "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen."
The premise is simple: Humans are genetically engineered to run long distances. Shoes changes our natural stride and cause injuries.
The barefoot running movement is sweeping the running world.
So much so that "barefoot-style" shoes are now a $1.7 billion dollar industry.
LOVES IT!
Journalist and distance runner Christopher McDougall did exhaustive research and uncovered the evils of running shoes in his bestselling book "Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen."
The premise is simple: Humans are genetically engineered to run long distances. Shoes changes our natural stride and cause injuries.
The barefoot running movement is sweeping the running world.
So much so that "barefoot-style" shoes are now a $1.7 billion dollar industry.
