I was looking through some of the videos from The Gait Guys, Dr. Ivo Waerlop and Dr. Shawn Allen. It seems that there's more to forefoot running than meets the eye. This might explain why it requires some degree of patience and persistence for successful transitioning.
The Naked Foot: Thoughts for the Shoe Minimalist by The Gait Guys
Thread with more information on Forefoot vs. Midfoot Strike from The Gait Guys.
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/150370
Post with more information on Top Of Foot Pain.
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/153437
Thread with more information on calluses.
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/153039
Post with more information on the Foot Arches from The Gait Guys.
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/150368
Post with more information on the Foot Tripod from The Gait Guys.
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/151877
Post with more information on Toe Exercises from The Gait Guys.
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/151882
Thread with more information on Foot Types from The Gait Guys
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/150369
Thread with more information on Forefoot varus from The Gait Guys
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/150367
Thread with more information on Morton's Toe from The Gait Guys
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/150373
Thread with more information on Bunions from The Gait Guys
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/150377
OTHER TOPICS
The Gait Guys talk about: Pronation and Supination
The "Top-End" Peroneal Walk Foot Skill: Another Restoration Foot Trick by The Gait Guys
Driving strength in the anterior compartment to achieve length in the posterior compartment.
The Gait Guys Talk about Tight and Weak Muscles
EDITED: Original post split into multiple threads.
The Naked Foot: Thoughts for the Shoe Minimalist by The Gait Guys
The Naked Foot: Just the Facts about the Barefoot & Minimalist Movement.Stepping backwards in time a little, in the caveman days things were different. ... The foot simply worked different, it worked better, it worked more like the engineering marvel that it truly is. ...
However, as time went on, man decided to mess with a good thing. He took a foot that was highly sensitive, a virtual sensory organ with a significant sensory and motor representation in the brain (only the hands and face have more brain representation as represented by the sensory and motor homunculus of the brain) and he not only covered it up with a slab of leather or rubber but he then flattened and then paved not only his world, but also his home, with black hard top, cement, wood or tile thus completing the total sensory information deprivation of the entire foot. …
We now affix a shoe to the child’s foot even before he can walk and then when he does, all propriosensory information necessary for the development of critical spinal and central nervous system reflexes is ensured to be virtually absent. Is it any wonder why there are so many people in chronic pain from postural disorders related to central core weakness and inhibition? Is it any wonder why so many people seem to have flat incompetent feet and arches?
Man has done it to himself, but thankfully man has proven that what he can do, he can undo. ...
Thread with more information on Forefoot vs. Midfoot Strike from The Gait Guys.
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/150370
Post with more information on Top Of Foot Pain.
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/153437
Thread with more information on calluses.
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/153039
Post with more information on the Foot Arches from The Gait Guys.
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/150368
Post with more information on the Foot Tripod from The Gait Guys.
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/151877
Post with more information on Toe Exercises from The Gait Guys.
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/151882
Thread with more information on Foot Types from The Gait Guys
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/150369
Thread with more information on Forefoot varus from The Gait Guys
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/150367
Thread with more information on Morton's Toe from The Gait Guys
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/150373
Thread with more information on Bunions from The Gait Guys
http://www.thebarefootrunners.org/index.php?posts/150377
OTHER TOPICS
The Gait Guys talk about: Pronation and Supination
The "Top-End" Peroneal Walk Foot Skill: Another Restoration Foot Trick by The Gait Guys
Driving strength in the anterior compartment to achieve length in the posterior compartment.
The Gait Guys Talk about Tight and Weak Muscles
EDITED: Original post split into multiple threads.