Part 5 - Post #7

Painful Truth No. 1: The Best Shoes Are the Worst

RUNNERS wearing top-of-the-line shoes are 123 percent more likely to get injured than runners in cheap shoes, according a study led by Bernard Marti, M.D., a preventative-medicine specialist at Switzerland’s University of Bern.

Painful Truth No. 2: Feet Like a Good Beating

AS FAR back as 1988, Dr. Barry Bates, the head of the University of Oregon’s

Biomechanics/Sports Medicine Laboratory, gathered data that suggested that beat-up running shoes are safer than newer ones. In the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, Dr. Bates and his colleagues reported that as shoes wore down and their cushioning thinned, runners gained more foot control.

FINAL PAINFUL TRUTH: Even Alan Webb Says “Human Beings Are Designed to Run Without shoes”

Before Alan Webb became America’s greatest miler, he was a flat-footed frosh with awful form. But his high school coach saw potential, and began rebuilding Alan from-no exaggeration-the ground up.

Based on my personal experience, I agreed with these three painful truths though it sounds very strange to some people and someone might ask for the purpose of having running shoes. However, I believe that people would change their mind after they realize the true benefit of running on barefoot. Running on barefoot is actually having so much more benefits than people could imagine. Running on barefoot could reduce the percentage of getting injury and make you ankle stronger. I also highly agree with “Painful Truth No. 2: Feet Like a Good Beating”. In order to make new shoes comfortable to run, it takes time to break down and makes your feet get used to the shoes.