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Heel strike in Vibrams. Not fake. Surf City Marathon 2012
Herman doesn’t believe Vibrams are like barefoot, only better!
Summary
Via Runner’s World, there’s a new study out that looks at people transitioning from regular shod running to running in Vibram FiveFingers. The study is Foot Bone Marrow Edema after 10-week Transition to Minimalist Running Shoes. It will appear in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
And it shows quite a bit of injury to foot bones.
Related Links
- fulll story: Vibram Transitioning → Bone Injury
Mr. Bob,
My military hat off to you. YOu are my new Idol. I am a runner and have been for the past 10 yrs. I am in the military and for a stress reliever I run and have made it my hobby. People ask me how do I do it? I say that it takes my mind into a world where the horizons are as far as you want them. I know that running on a treadmill isn’t good for running barefoot, but at 1130 almost everyday, since I arrived to Germany, I go to the gym and run for about 45 min. to an hour. But the moral of this story is that while I run, I read and listen to music. I read the greatest two books in the last 3 months while running, BORN TO RUN and STEP BY STEP RUNNING BAREFOOT :). I know that running in Vibram shoes is not the right thing to do but at night I run out in my village and I am building courage to run barefooted in the near future,so I will do the Plastidip socks idea and see how that feels and then eventually take off barefooted. I have to admit though , that I have been using your bent knee technique and it has been better for my hips and knees yay !!!!!!
I had a great deal of fear of running barefoot but it felt so absolutely liberating after the first time I was hooked. Keep it short half of a mile or less. Run free!
As a beginner in the barefoot world, I found this article very inspiring. Thanks a lot!
I clicked on the link and it now says it is no longer available…darn….
What is no longer available?
Barefoot Running Step by Step is still available:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592334652/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1592334652&linkCode=as2&tag=runningbarefo-20