ARE THERE ADVANTAGES TO RUNNING THE MARATHON BAREFOOT? Sales of running shoes are big business, $3.04 billion in 2012, a record high. The chief competitor to Adidas and Nike may be the same as competes with pajamas: nothing at all. In 1960 the Ethiopian Abebe Bikila, the first Black African Olympic gold medalist, won the marathon running barefoot. American, Barefoot Rick Roeber did it his third Boston race, until the hot asphalt made it impractical. He continues to run barefoot in a ministry which saves souls and soles. Does training barefoot, as many African runners are said to do, provide benefits to the runner? According to a January 2010 Harvard study, the ones who do may indeed earn themselves an edge, as well as a longer athletic career. Being unshod is found to be easier on the joints, as it forces a runner to run on the balls of his or her feet, instead of thudding down on the heels. huffingtonpost/amram-shapiro-/book-of-odds-looks-at-the_1_b_5065322.html
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:21:18 +0000
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