I remember looking into it and finding that barefoot/minimalist shoe running was actually pretty bad for a person (why you never saw athletes embrace it). Whole thing seems like it was an example of many “it’s natural, therefore right” fads. So… what happened to them? Probably various injuries 😬
So uh.... I actually still run in minimalist running shoes (I never had tough enough feed to run fully barefoot) and in most races I run it it's pretty common to see other folks in minimalist shoes. For me it actually helped to decrease lower back pain from running. 🤷♀️
this is the most interesting part
Happy to be wrong and glad it’s helped you! 🎉 I guess I missed that perspective since I really haven’t been part of the running world in a long time!
Heh I think one of the things we learned along the way so that talking a bunch about minimalist and barefoot running tends to come off as being "one of those people" 😂. I know that to do it right you have to run and walk differently (land on the pad of your foot) and if you don't you get hurt.
One nice bonus for me has been that having developed the habit of waking and running that way, heels turned out to be pretty easy to walk in! But otherwise I am done being an evangelist for barefoot running 😁.
Thats really cool! Im glad it works for you, and it makes sense really. I just.... couldn't get into it. Im a pack rat and a nester. I like being cozy and comfy lol
Our ancestors invented shoes for a damn reason
There was the whole thought that “well people didn’t really get injured until they were introduced” but also looking back, it’s the same as “well people didn’t really get autism before vaccines.” I tried minimalist shoes and I personally loved them but if you catch me running now, it’s in hokas
I hate when people are like 'we should sleep on hard surface because ancestors! we should stay out in the cold because ancestors! we should eat raw food because ancestors! we should never use soap because ANCESTORS!' as if our ancestors didn't solve all those problems asap for good fucking reason
(and yes before you ask I am intimately aware of His Royal Liverness)
Yes! And Hokas were the only shoe that my knees could almost run in these days! Still can’t actually do it, but they’re great! 🎉
It’s like running on a cloud. I love them.