I could have sworn that I was older than her!
“We can’t just compare ourselves [to runners from other countries and cultures],” says Kingston podiatrist Dr. Tracey G. Toback. He cites anatomy, heredity, and adaptation as deciding factors. Where our ancestors, like Bikila and Pieterse, ran barefoot from childhood, most of us walk with shoes, like our parents and their parents, etc. Natural selection has not favored bare feet for a few thousand years.
http://www.saugertiesx.com/2012/09/11/barefoot-running-controversy/
“We can’t just compare ourselves [to runners from other countries and cultures],” says Kingston podiatrist Dr. Tracey G. Toback. He cites anatomy, heredity, and adaptation as deciding factors. Where our ancestors, like Bikila and Pieterse, ran barefoot from childhood, most of us walk with shoes, like our parents and their parents, etc. Natural selection has not favored bare feet for a few thousand years.
http://www.saugertiesx.com/2012/09/11/barefoot-running-controversy/