I took my first barefoot run on Monday. I ran about 5 minutes around the astro-turf and my foot felt great. The only problem is that my feet got tangled up in the soccer net behind the goal and I wiped out right in front of some yoga group. Apparently, I strained my back during the fall since I'm now to the age where every fall means injury. I even made an old man grunt while falling to lose an additional 20 cool points. I suppose the barefoot advocates and the running shoe specialists will have different interpretations of why I got this injury:
Barefoot Advocate: The reason you feel was because your foot muscles are so weak from years of wearing shoes that you've lost balance.
Running Shoe People: You clearly wouldn't have tripped if you would have been wearing proper cushioning and landing on your heals.
Either way, I'd clearly be a clutsy neanderthal and would more than likely be easy prey for a saber-tooth.
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