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This past week saw 2 barefoot runs.
Like nearly all my barefoot runs, these were included in longer runs (so I usually end up carrying my shoes looking silly).
For those who need convincing that running shoes can have detrimental effects on running action, I’d suggest trying the following short road run. Run for one mile with shoes on, stop and take them off, then (if the surface allows), run read more
Now that I am back tentatively running some miles barefoot, I thought I’d summarise the barefoot experiment so far.
Week 1 — Total miles – 7, barefoot miles – 2
Week 2 — Total miles – 14.2, barefoot miles – 1.5
Week 3 — Total miles – 27.4, barefoot miles – 1.2
Week 4 — Total miles – 38.8, barefoot miles – 1.2
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Why a section on here about running barefoot?
Like many people, I have read Christopher McDougall’s thought-provoking book, Born to Run.
Aside from the fascinating story, the information and ideas contained in the book have been a revelation. Reading this book coincided with taking part in a 10k road race recently. Lining up at the start I was amazed to see read more
