Comments on: Running everywhere barefoot is not for me. http://www.spryfeet.com/2009/10/05/running-everywhere-barefoot-is-not-for-me/ Happiness for endurance runners and walkers Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:42:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kirk Mahoney, Ph.D. http://www.spryfeet.com/2009/10/05/running-everywhere-barefoot-is-not-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Kirk Mahoney, Ph.D. Sat, 08 May 2010 15:42:56 +0000 http://www.spryfeet.com/?p=649#comment-602 Sean, You make some EXCELLENT points. Thank you for your thoughtful comment! Kirk Sean,

You make some EXCELLENT points. Thank you for your thoughtful comment!

Kirk

]]> By: sean gavor http://www.spryfeet.com/2009/10/05/running-everywhere-barefoot-is-not-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-601 sean gavor Sat, 08 May 2010 12:58:52 +0000 http://www.spryfeet.com/?p=649#comment-601 Dr Mahoney, Please don't dismiss barefoot running because of your fears of neuroma or stress fractures. When done properly and responsibly, its perfectly safe. Many runners have made the switch and are happy they did. Additionally, even more people are able to run ONLY because they ditched their shoes. These people have tried for years to run in shoes and all they got were injuries. An alternative course of action could be to warn your readers of the potential risks but also highlight research articles which show the benefits of barefoot running as well as the drawbacks of shoes. The work done by Dr. Lieberman at Harvard and Dr D'Aout at the Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp are some recent examples. You should encourage folks to look at the research and try it for themselves before you dismiss it based on a 10 second "video blurb" by a physician in a 5 minute "news" video on a FOX television program. Sincerely, Sean Gavor Dr Mahoney,

Please don't dismiss barefoot running because of your fears of neuroma or stress fractures. When done properly and responsibly, its perfectly safe. Many runners have made the switch and are happy they did. Additionally, even more people are able to run ONLY because they ditched their shoes. These people have tried for years to run in shoes and all they got were injuries.

An alternative course of action could be to warn your readers of the potential risks but also highlight research articles which show the benefits of barefoot running as well as the drawbacks of shoes. The work done by Dr. Lieberman at Harvard and Dr D'Aout at the Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp are some recent examples.

You should encourage folks to look at the research and try it for themselves before you dismiss it based on a 10 second "video blurb" by a physician in a 5 minute "news" video on a FOX television program.

Sincerely,

Sean Gavor

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