How Barefoot Runners are Shaping the Shoe Industry

How Barefoot Runners are Shaping the Shoe Industry
A group of running rebels are shedding their shoes and reporting years of injury-free miles. Some ultramarathoners,pictures of asics running shoes, biomechanics experts and doctors think that's probably a good thing. Others go so far as to say running shoes are in fact causing injuries. Meanwhile,asics running shoes for sale, running shoe companies continue to precisely measure runners,ASICS Gel-Speedstar 5 - Men's, and pound and flex shoes in their high-tech labs.
The Boston Marathon, one of the world's most competitive 26.2-mile races, had the best runners from Kenya,asics cross trainers trail shoes uk, Ethiopia, the U.S. and around the globe churning out 5-minute miles on Monday for over two hours. While all eyes were on the front-runners—notably the United States' Ryan Hall and Kara Goucher way back in the pack there was one person,ASICS Gel-Cumulus 12 - Men's, Rick Roeber,ASICS Gel-Cumulus 13 - Women's, who stole headlines with his unique running style. One glance at Roeber's feet and you can see what all the fuss is about: he isn't wearing shoes. And a number of people—ultramarathoners,asics walking shoes women, biomechanics experts and doctors included—think that's probably the best way to run. Some go so far as to say running shoes are in fact causing injuries.
But to barefoot advocates such as Chris McDougall, author of Born to Run ,asics gel traburgnnis shoes, Roeber is one of the few in Monday's race not drinking the shoe industry's Kool-Aid. In his book,discontinued asics running shoes tq810, McDougall follows the Tarahumara,ASICS Gel-Cumulus 11 - Men's, a Mexican tribe of ultrarunners who race from 50 to 200 miles straight without shoes, yet remain healthy and injury-free. Science doesn't support the shoe industry's claim that "humans are born broken,asics baseball shoes," McDougall tells PM,mens asics gel running shoes, and that running shoes exist to fix our stride. Humans have been barefoot for nearly 2 million years, but have had running shoes for only a little more than 40—when Nike-founder Bill Bowerman cobbled together the modern-day running shoe with glues,ASICS Gel-1130V - Women's, plastic and a waffle iron in his basement. Shoes cause runners to lose musculature in their feet,asics kinetic shoes, McDougall argues,red asics onitsuka tiger shoes, and takes away the natural cushion in their stride.