Hello everyone
Just wanted to introduce myself as a relatively new runner. I am currently running using nike free and have not made the full transistion to barefoot.
I was running one day barefoot on a local football pitch. A man, about 70, was walking his dog. He came up to me and commented saying he used to do it and it was common for men in Ireland to run cross country barefoot.
So it seems this is old knowledge, old wisdom, that people of a generation before the big shoe companies came into play, knew. they knew that it made sense to run barefoot. Strange that knowledge has been lost in only 1 or 2 generations.
It also proofs that until very recently, this was common. Its not like, as some people would have you believe, this is something people done way back in the mists of time. People run barefoot not that long ago, so its not a big leap, or our bodies have not evolved enough to rule barefoot running out.
Anyway, bit of a ramble.
Just wanted to introduce myself as a budding irish runner who hopes to get a bit of interest going, this side of the atlantic.
Chrisdonkey
Just wanted to introduce myself as a relatively new runner. I am currently running using nike free and have not made the full transistion to barefoot.
I was running one day barefoot on a local football pitch. A man, about 70, was walking his dog. He came up to me and commented saying he used to do it and it was common for men in Ireland to run cross country barefoot.
So it seems this is old knowledge, old wisdom, that people of a generation before the big shoe companies came into play, knew. they knew that it made sense to run barefoot. Strange that knowledge has been lost in only 1 or 2 generations.
It also proofs that until very recently, this was common. Its not like, as some people would have you believe, this is something people done way back in the mists of time. People run barefoot not that long ago, so its not a big leap, or our bodies have not evolved enough to rule barefoot running out.
Anyway, bit of a ramble.
Just wanted to introduce myself as a budding irish runner who hopes to get a bit of interest going, this side of the atlantic.
Chrisdonkey