Vibram 5 Fingers
Vibram 5 Fingers
Many wear flats on speed days and regular trainers on the rest of the days. Trainers don't make you injured...
pr100 wrote:
Yeah... clearly a guy who's won Olympic and World gold medals and broken numerous world records and is still world class at 37 years old has got it all wrong... :/
Actually, he'd prefer to be barefoot.
Haile Gebrselassie: When I had no shoes I was comfortable -- I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard. In our countryside, you see those kids they are very comfortable with no shoes. It's better to have no shoes that not the right ones.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/09/26/revealed.HaileG.qanda/jaguar1 wrote:
pr100 wrote:Yeah... clearly a guy who's won Olympic and World gold medals and broken numerous world records and is still world class at 37 years old has got it all wrong... :/
Actually, he'd prefer to be barefoot.
Haile Gebrselassie: When I had no shoes I was comfortable -- I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard. In our countryside, you see those kids they are very comfortable with no shoes. It's better to have no shoes that not the right ones.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/09/26/revealed.HaileG.qanda/
But that's not saying that he doesn't prefer to run in shoes now (provided that they're "the right ones").
"I would never run without shoes because shoes are what suit me"
in the beginning of his career, shoes were hard. doesn't mean he wouldn't wear them
Says the guy who's paid to wear shoes and probably told he needs them (for his Achilles problems)!
He would have to readapt to running barefoot, just as he had to adapt to wearing shoes. Not impossible, but probably not a risk most elites will take if they're already adapted to shoes.
I think the whole minimal v. traditional debate is a bit confused, it seems to me that the best way to avoid injury (along with strength, and flexibility training) is to run in a variety of shoes. On long days traditional trainers protect you from the strain of running on cement for hours at a time, where as on fast days a more minimal flat or spike strengthens the muscles and connective tissues (just like the minimalist claim) the key is not to over do either or you'll get injured regularly.
Just my two cents and what has worked for me.
The biggest problem with most trainers isn't the cushioning, it's the massive heel-toe drop. This is why your achilles gets so sore when you run a few miles in spikes on the track.