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I've thought about giving this a try but so far have only made it to the
walking barefoot stage, using the logic that I would toughen my feet up by
walking first.  I do all my running on trails and dirt roads, and mostly
have to worry about stones and twigs and other such forest debris.  I'd be
very wary of running barefoot on 'modern' surfaces such as asphalt with
'modern' hazards such as glass, roofing nails, etc.  Guess you get very
good at scanning the pavement in front of you....

How difficult is it to re-learn your running mechanics?  It seems like such
a change.  Anyone know of any videos, etc that show the correct gait?

Tim



At 11:45 AM 7/10/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>videotaped myself last month, and sure enough, I was landing heel-first
>when I was running.  For the last few weeks, I've spent some time running
>barefoot, and then tried to mimic that when I run with shoes.  I also
>bought some shoes with thinner soles.  The results have been fantastic -
>I'm running MUCH faster and don't feel "beat-up" anymore.
>
>I sincerely believe the shoe industry is crippling people with these thick,
>padded shoes.  The foot just doesn't need that much help.  There is a guy
>out there running marathons in his bare feet even: www.runningbarefoot.org

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