Barefoot Running,flexability,plantar fasciitis

Barefoot Running

With Barefoot running comes the whole thought change of what is running, obviously it is  bipedal motion done swiftly but what is the relation ship between you and the ground you are moving over.

As a human race we seem as a whole to be  bent on shoving things aside if they do not fit in to our fast food diet mentality of convenience and unconectedness, we say we cannot run without shoes but neglect to take stock of the fact we were actually born and were created to bipedal motion by grand design and evolution.

Are Shoes nessacary to be a runner

There is many instances of great distances covered and races won by shoeless runners so it is a fact not a theory that the human frame is capable of running without the NEED for expensive running shoes.

I am not on a crusade to say everybody should not wear running shoes, as there is always a place for human technology and know how to assist a biomechanicly  challenged runner to be able to participate.

I am coming from the  place of awareness of what is a NEED and what is  a CONVENIENCE

The convenience being  that  by strapping your feet int a set of motion controlled synthetic capsules you are able to drop into a shop and be a runner.

The journey from there is for some a great liberation and motivation which  is a triumph for all those involved but the other side is that 70% of all sporting injuries are running related so I would contest that running style bio mechanics and individual adaption to running should be the first steps to running and the best way to learn how to run with minimal impact on the body is to run barefoot.

From there you can develop a relationship with running that will see you adopting a lifestyle and commitment based on connection to the rythem of the earth and not fashion.

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