So the past couple of years I have been running more than I have in a long time. I have run many 5ks, 10ks, a couple of half-marathons and even the beast itself, the full marathon. Yes, the 26.2 miles of pain. Recently I read a book called Born to Run by Christopher McDougall.
It has intrigued me about this idea of barefoot running. Our natural running gate is best seen when we run without the thick soles on your average running shoe. When I trained for my marathons I had a lot of IT problems. This is a cause of striking with your heel first instead of your mid sole….so the critics say. A friend of mine has been running with these weird shoes called Vibram Fivefingers mentioned in the book Born to Run. He lent me an old pair and I took a stab at running in them. I ran 4 miles and I must admit it was awesome. I think I may be purchasing a pair of these soon. I’ll keep you posted. Below is a cool deal I found on barefoot running.
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