Born to Run
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I read it. I was a little bored with a lot of the talk about the different tribal people, but got really interested when it discussed the footwear topic.
I tend to believe a lot of what he says about footwear and that modern running shoes are bad and so on. And while I agree that barefoot running is a fantastic way to learn proper form, I am not a believer that running barefoot or even running in 5-fingers is good to do in high volume on pavement. Pavement isn't a natural surface, so you can't expect natural footwear (ie. barefoot) to go well with an unnaturally hard surface. With that being said, I do wear racing shoes that are *relatively* thin soled and lighter than the average trainers that people wear.0 -
It is possible to build up to high mileage in vibram 5 fingers. It's taken me a year, and a few injuries, but I am now running 75+ mile weeks in vibrams on pavement.. The only problem is stepping on rocks in the dark. But even that doesn't hurt very much anymore.0
