Barefoot Running is Safe, Only if You Don’t Use Your Feet

Another article for discussion:

http://runforefoot.com/barefoot-running/

I moved away from landing on the outside of my forefoot to landing flatter, as my feet were forming hard pads there which hurt.

No problems since.
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I wonder if landing on the lateral edge is just folk wisdom. I previously used the commonly mentioned lateral forefoot, but also developed a callus, which irritated a nerve.

Now, I try to land on the whole forefoot pad, targeting the third met.
This page from a Vivobarefoot pdf is interesting.
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I don't have a pressure pad, so I can't say with certainty where I'm actually landing, :D
 
Iam not sure if my reading comprehension skills need some work but what I gather from it is-she has midfoot and forefoot landing all wrong.
Midfoot is when you're landing on the ouside of your foot while simultaneously kissing the ground with your heel and forefoot is landing on the pads of the feet and to her forefoot landing and midfoot landing are the same thing when in reality they are two diferent things(so that's how I understood it).
I do land on the ouside of my foot and have from my entire life-it's my natural landing and I am going to stick with it.:happy:
 
I don't have a pressure pad, so I can't say with certainty where I'm actually landing, :D

I think even without a pressure pad you can get pretty close just by looking on your wear pattern after a longer pavement run. :smuggrin:
Here is mine.
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I clearly land on the lateral edge (more wear). :embarrassed:
 
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One can initiate landing laterally, but not put much pressure laterally, so looking at the soles is not necessarily an accurate indicator.

I noticed this morning that while going at a slower pace, lateral was okay. I went more central or medial when picking up the pace, possibly similar to the Vivo diagram.