Barefoot Running worries

8. June 2010 by Raleigh Miller.

I’ve been running barefoot and I’m planning to run a half marathon in november without shoes on.  I get stubborn sometimes, and I act as if people’s concerns are silly and completely unfounded.  There is a grain of truth there: people tend to assume that it’s obvious running barefoot is dangerous, but articles like this remind me that the jury is still out.  The author of the article writes that “everyone is an experiment of one”.  I have to remember this.  I’m not running barefoot because it’s hard and fast obvious that it’s better, i’m running barefoot because there is some reason to think that it’s better.  But it’s not decisive reason, and I could be wrong.  I haven’t heard of any serious problems with BFR, but I keep my ears perked.  In the meantime, I just know that it’s an open question whether x or y is better, that everyone works under the assumption that x is better, and I’ve chosen to work under the assumption that y is better.  That’s all.

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