[pct-l] "Born to Run" hypothesis

[Dennis Phelan]

I asked a running coach I have a great deal of respect for about her
opinion of the "flat" running shoes and I thought she give a wise answer.
"it took us a long time to adjust our feet to the current style of shoes
and it takes a long time to retrain our feet to use the flat sole shoes"  I
know the product literature advises gradually increasing your wearing
time.  I am not sure how long or how gradual the change over needs to be,
but starting a long hike with this style of shoe, without re-training your
feet may not be the best thing to do.

Dennis P


On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Dan Jacobs <youroldpaldan at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Yoshihiro Murakami
> <completewalker at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The Born To Run hypothesis is proposed by  Lieberman, et al.
> >
> > You can read their theory at this site.
> (SNIP)
> >
> > However, there are several contradictory facts.
>
> Oh, *those* facts! Luckily, I am familiar with the taste of my foot.
>
> I have seen folks that are very well acclimated to living in the
> desert. So much so that they come to a climate like mine and are cold
> and damp. Inversely, I go to the desert and I am too hot and
> constantly thirsty.
>
> None of us have run down a deer or other animal for food. That doesn't
> really mean it couldn't be done, but I think it is pretty clear in
> "Born to Run" that the Tarahumara indians of Chihuahua MX have a
> mostly plant diet with a high percentage of carbs.
>
> Science is science, legend is legend, and often the two don't meet (meat?).
>
> Dan Jacobs
> Washougal
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