NYT on barefoot shoe research

[rydra_wong]

The New York Times reports on some interesting research on people transitioning to "barefoot" shoes:

Tara Parker-Pope: Are Barefoot Shoes Really Better?

Take-home message seems to be that they do reduce the risk of injury in runners -- if you adjust your running form. If you don't, though, then you can injure yourself in new and exciting ways.

Comments

[cofax7]

Yeah, that was the sense I'd gotten from the reading I'd done.

… I found myself running on my toes a bit yesterday, but it's hard to sustain. 30+ years of training otherwise are hard to break…