tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415492346905673232.post1155651644466782089..comments2024-03-14T06:57:29.577+00:00Comments on Rockley Farm: Shoeing experiment...!Nic Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06885459438592023135noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415492346905673232.post-61896304743694598772010-09-21T18:27:51.501+01:002010-09-21T18:27:51.501+01:00Glad you enjoyed it :-)
Andrea, yes, I agree - ...Glad you enjoyed it :-) <br /><br />Andrea, yes, I agree - my partner runs in Fivefingers a lot, and he found exactly what you did, though in fact his landing and stride length vary depending on how concussive the surface is :-)Nic Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06885459438592023135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415492346905673232.post-38031651894903514552010-09-21T00:51:10.027+01:002010-09-21T00:51:10.027+01:00Heehee that was fun!!
Now here's the part that...Heehee that was fun!!<br />Now here's the part that makes me giggle the most - as someone who also participates in barefoot/minimally shod running (which is starting to be a big thing here in the States), I know and appreciate just how horrible painful a heel-first landing is for a human. We're designed to land midfoot first, and studies have been done that show how children that grew up in shoes will run different than children who didn't. A person 'fresh out of their shoes' will land heel-first, as they have been trained to do with their heavily padded shoes - like your participants. Until they grow a thick sole callus and learn to use their bodies more efficiently. Sound familiar? ;)<br /><br />(This is exactly why I got into barefoot running - the total parallels between both species and the health benefits that can be had. Nature made hooves and human feet a certain way for a reason, and it's the most biomechanically efficient to just get back to that!)Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415492346905673232.post-5023278136738749962010-09-20T22:31:59.867+01:002010-09-20T22:31:59.867+01:00At least everyone in the video is landing heel-fir...At least everyone in the video is landing heel-first! ;)jenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737679332792618499noreply@blogger.com