BAREFOOT EVANGELICS

BAREFOOT EVANGELICS

Runners around the world are now getting into barefoot running, putting away their arch-supporting, motion-controlling and heel cushioning shoes.
Surprisingly, even top scientists  are encouraging feeling the ground beneath.
At a recent sports science conference in London, hundreds of participants, many of them shod but a few daringly barefooted, flocked to a two-hour long discussion about the merits or otherwise of running without shoes.

The debate centers on whether running in shoes with cushioned heels and supportive structures changes the way people move so dramatically that it's more likely to cause injuries.

Proponents of barefoot running say the natural way is more likely to prompt a runner to land on the padded and springy part of the foot, toward the front, rather than strike the ground with the heel as many shod runners do.

What do you say ?!