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Born to Run Barefoot?

Sorting Through the Myths and Facts of Barefoot Running

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Born to Run Barefoot?

Written by: Chas Gillespie
Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
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Two million years ago, Africa: A skinny, long-limbed creature who walks on two legs, can’t sprint, and has no weapons turns away from his under-nourished friends, and runs down a much stronger antelope. Dinner. Over succeeding generations, this creature evolves into one of the best distance runners on the planet: the human being. Yet in the age of modernity, we find ourselves unable to run without more than half of us suffering injury. This book looks at the injury epidemic in running and what the barefoot running movement believes are the causes of injury. It analyzes the best-seller Born to Run, how human evolution has shaped our bodies, how modernity has warped those same bodies, and what barefoot running both got right and wrong. It concludes by giving practical advice to runners from the writer, a 2012 Olympic Trials qualifier in the marathon.

©2013 Chas Gillespie (P)2014 Audible Inc. Anthropology Running & Jogging Sports Outdoor Injury
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Thought provoking

Having read born to run, i had bought into countless stories. This book brings back reminders that running conventional wisdom still applies, and that it is so because years of scientific research have found consistent results.

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It’s not black and white

The author takes a critical look at the arguments and themes in Born to Run and separates the value claims from the scientific (lack of) evidence. In other words, we can disagree with the western approach to commoditizing everything (as Christopher McDougall does) and still believe that running shoes play an important role in keeping us injury-free. He critiques some of McDougall’s claims and methods in a really insightful way and finishes the book with 10 pieces of advice to stay running injury-free. I recommend.

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