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Barefoot Running

I first heard of this from a friend at church who had taken up a new running method. The idea was that with shoes, your foot hit heel-first, but when you run barefoot, the ball of your foot hits first. He was running faster and farther now running barefoot.

Today I see an article from Wall Street Journal talking about barefoot running, and some new “barefoot” shoes from Five Fingers Footwear that appeared on Luxist.

Is this some weird fad, or is a new trend in shoes?

I’m going to wear some of these to work next week and see what happens.
Five Fingers Footwear

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Michael

Follower of Jesus, conservative, freedom-loving patriot.

5 responses to “Barefoot Running”

  1. Jo Avatar
    Jo

    Wow. And I thought my Crocs were ugly!! 😛

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  2. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    Pics?

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  3. Jo Avatar
    Jo

    http://www.crocs.com

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  4. Doug Avatar
    Doug

    They sure are different, but they look comfortable. What if you have some… funky toes? Mine curl funny (I’ll spare you the picture) and I wonder if the toes of these shoes will bend or if the toe would stay inside.

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  5. Michael Avatar
    Michael

    Jo: Gadzooks those are bizarre. You wear them on purpose? :/

    Doug – Good question. There are some funky toes in my family, but I’m not likely to buy them a pair to find out.

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