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As a minimalist runner, this comment seems all wrong to me. If we grew up barefoot or wearing huaraches, we wouldn't have to "learn" how to forefoot strike. Th
by et1337 11y ago
As a minimalist runner, this comment seems all wrong to me.
If we grew up barefoot or wearing huaraches, we wouldn't have to "learn" how to forefoot strike. Thick-soled shoes mess up our running instincts.
> Running requires a stick-like lower appendage, with all the muscle higher up.
It's different with bipeds, yeah? Lots of shock-absorbing magic has to happen in the lower leg.
- kazinator 11y agoOstriches are bipeds, too.
- AI_Overlord 11y agoWhy not just say sandals instead of huaraches? I know what the word means but I suspect a lot don't. The word is really neither here nor there.
- et1337 11y agoI was using the term to refer to a very thin-soled sandal. I might be using it incorrectly. "Sandal" to me evokes a 2-inch thick chunk of plastic with giant velcro straps.