Comments on: The things that saved my running, Part I

By: Jeff's House

Jeff's House — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:59:53 +0000

Glad to know your pain is gone! A couple of my friends in my running group have started barefoot running and they love it. If only I could be that brave.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:11:28 +0000

My co-workers have those but I have such high arches I think they would hurt – I also pound the pavement pretty hard.

By: Mel Heth

Mel Heth — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:12:36 +0000

I remember reading an article about how running barefoot was better for your body – now I want to try these puppies out! I like that they look bizarre, too. Glad they’re helping alleviate your knee pain.

By: Dingo

Dingo — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:01:51 +0000

I saw a man running with these just yesterday. With all the ad talking about running shoes with cushioning,motion control, arch support, bionics and nanotechnology, it seems counterintuitive that something like these would work; yet every single person I talk to that owns them, loves them.

By: k

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:49:09 +0000

I’ve been hearing a lot about them. When we do stadiums at school, we often run around the track at school a few times barefoot. That is about as far barefoot as I go (although, honestly, I don’t know if I could handle the lack of support on my ankles, I roll mine so freaking much!)My friend has a pair and went on a pretty hard paced run (just a short run too) and couldn’t walk for a week after because he was using muscles differently from ever before. He’s recovered though and still runs in them so they can’t be all that bad!

By: brookem

brookem — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:04:51 +0000

i was waiting for your post about this!
sounds… interesting! i don’t know if i could do it, but the fact that it’s helping your knees, well that’s surely something.

do they get stinky?

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:00:05 +0000

I’ve also been curious about them. I love to be barefoot, but my toes are really really long. Like pick up a golf ball and throw it long. So I don’t know if they’d work or not.

But I may just have to look into them!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:30:50 +0000

I’ve been curious about them. Might have to try them myself…I saw them in the running store a couple of weeks ago, but have never priced them out either. And obviously where I live, they’d be a summer thing!! I’ve wanted to do barefoot running though. I think I run faster barefoot…in fact I know I do…I love the feeling of running all out barefoot, just like being a kid again…