Has anyone ever done this? What should I expect. Advice?
Has anyone ever done this? What should I expect. Advice?
Piece of cake. People run 100-mile trail ultras barefoot...a 10k in cowboy bootiez will be easy.
Short shorts really accentuate the boots.
Those boots were made for walkin' not runnin'
caq wrote:
Piece of cake. People run 100-mile trail ultras barefoot...a 10k in cowboy bootiez will be easy.
They're called "Native Americans".
It's 1960, Rome Olympic Games. An African from Ethiopia shows up for the games. He is running in the marathon. He has no shoes. He didn't train in shoes. He trained back home by chasing rabbits for miles in his bare feet. A major cowoy boot distributor at the games gave him a brand new pair of boots to wear. He put them on. They hurt his feet. He took them off. Said "No, thank you". He ran the marathon in bare feet. Twenty miles were over the cobblestones of Rome.
HE WON THE GOLD MEDAL!!
Now the cowboyboot manufacturer really LOVES him and gives him boots to train in at home.
FLASH AHEAD 4 YEARS TO THE NEXT OLYMPIC GAMES--
This African runner from Ethiopia shows up at the Olympic Games. He is entered in the Marathon again. He is wearing cowboy boots that he trained in at home. They don't hurt his feet now.
HE WON THE GOLD MEDAL!! AGAIN!!
HIs name is Abibe Bikila. The first African to win Olympic gold--now they are a dynasty.
The moral of the story is:
If he had worn the cowboy boots for the 1960 Olympics, not only would he have not won gold, he would have trashed his feet. Just imagine the blisters. He wasn't accustomed to wearing shoes.
If he had not worn cowboy boots in the 1964 Olympics, not only would he have not won gold, he still would have trashed his feet. He wasn't accustomed to bare feet anymore and his feet would not have the same toughness as the previous Olympic games.
If I had to pick a pair of cowboy boots to run in they would be lace up ropers. I have a pair and they are very comfortable. They lace up tight around the ankle and offer the support that other boots don't. Find a pair of these and you will be fine.
Make sure they are broken in to your feet though.
Nothing is wrong with cowboy boots. Make sure they are your size and you have some good socks on. Make sure they are broken in and you do some training in them. I have some in cowboy boots. They are making a come back. Look at the most recent interview with Bill Clinton
He definitely didn't wear cowboy boots.
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