ignoramus29889 said:We have a guy in our neighborhood who also runs barefoot.
What I wonder is, what is their technique, hoq come they do not get
blisters.
I am no recommending running barefoot on asphalt and I don't do it. It seems
to me that the risk of running on roads barefoot is getting cuts and scrapes
from stuff on the road like broken glass.
I run barefoot on hard sand and a soccer field mostly on my forefoot--not on
the toes but mostly on the balls of my feet. If you start slowly at maybe not
even a mile a couple of times a week and gradually build up, the skin on the
bottom of your feet gradually gets used to this. If you are a heel striker, I
can see how there might be some slippage when your foot rolls that could cause
blisters. But if you run on hard packed sand striking with your heel, you will
learn rather quickly not to strike with your heel.
Lyndon
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