Good job, TJ! With the Peachtree Road Race 10K coming up on July 4th, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published an article Tuesday on barefoot running: http://www.ajc.com/sports/peachtree-road-race/not-every-peachtree-runner-991084.html
Of note -
"Traveling by foot 6.2 miles, with little to no foot cushion, makes Peachtree medical co-director Perry Julien wince. “With glass and metal on the road, you can hurt yourself very badly,” he said. “Our environment is not the jungles of Mexico.” "
Ho hum. I was just out there last March to run the Georgia Half Marathon and had no issues. When I first heard of barefoot running, I thought the same thing - the roads are full of glass, rocks, and nails and running without shoes HAS to be unsafe. But I didn't declare it in the newspaper before finding out beforehand if it's really true. I suppose Mr. Perry knows that the jungles of Mexico are more barefoot friendly than the asphalt streets of Atlanta...
Jim
Of note -
"Traveling by foot 6.2 miles, with little to no foot cushion, makes Peachtree medical co-director Perry Julien wince. “With glass and metal on the road, you can hurt yourself very badly,” he said. “Our environment is not the jungles of Mexico.” "
Ho hum. I was just out there last March to run the Georgia Half Marathon and had no issues. When I first heard of barefoot running, I thought the same thing - the roads are full of glass, rocks, and nails and running without shoes HAS to be unsafe. But I didn't declare it in the newspaper before finding out beforehand if it's really true. I suppose Mr. Perry knows that the jungles of Mexico are more barefoot friendly than the asphalt streets of Atlanta...
Jim