The hot topic in running lately is barefoot or minimalist running shoes based on the new best selling book "born to Run" by Christopher McDougall; great book BTW.
I rotate my running shoes between my Brooks adrenaline and Nike free 3.0. I have always preferred the lighter Nike free shoe just because it was so darn comfortable. I always had a concern however about protection especially on trail running, hitting rocks etc.
Well it seems that everything old is new again; the more we get back to basics the better off we become. The same can also said for a healthy unprocessed food diet.
I have no problem running on the beach au natural (just feet) but I draw the line on grass in parks and city streets. I figure Between the dog poop, glass and gawd forbid a disposed of hypodermic needle why take the chance ?
Now the new minimalist shoes like the Vibram are just to goofy looking for me but I will try a pair on and see what happens.
Keep running
Claude Diamond
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