First thing I thought when I saw the picture of the 59 year old dentist: testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). There's no way a 59 year old can look like that without PEDS. No way.
First thing I thought when I saw the picture of the 59 year old dentist: testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). There's no way a 59 year old can look like that without PEDS. No way.
Fandango is correct. The dentist was only 57 when the photo was taken at the finish line, no meds though. The picture that the drawing of his feet were based on was taken a week ago Thursday, so more current.
fandango wrote:
First thing I thought when I saw the picture of the 59 year old dentist: testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). There's no way a 59 year old can look like that without PEDS. No way.
Longboard wrote:
Bare feet are actually cleaner than your running shoes, a simple microbiological culture easily prooves this.
The health club member's point from the article? Shave your feet, lose weight, and learn to run lightly?
Personally, you wouldn't do it, so it's obviously not for you.
That makes me crazy?
Clubs are correct to ban the practice for legal reasons? That's not the opinion of the chief legal counsel for one of the largest health club chains in the U.S.
In fact, their liability exposure for the shod machine users was deemed to be significantly higher.
The thought of cleaning dog S$#t from between ANYONES toes is indeed gross, fortunately barefooters are a bit more in tune with where they're stepping than their shod counterparts are. Yet, if it happens, as gross as the process may be, the job gets done rather thorougly in less than a minute.
Microbiologists don't lie......culture your shoes.....canine fecal matter will be positive, while my feet will test dirty looking but pathogenicaly clean.
Sorry to have to break it to you, but your post is wrong on all counts.
I don't know you (do I?), but I already like you.
I ran on a treadmill without shoes one time. I needed to get a run in during lunchtime, and I forgot to bring running shoes to work. This had happened once before, and I tried running on the roads with only socks and it was terrible. So, I tried the treadmill and it was actually okay for a few miles. The problem is the belt gets really hot and my feet started to blister. I tried changing machines every mile or so but it didn't do a whole lot. Ultimately I got in 5 or 6 miles and I had some minor blisters that went away in a few days.
From the story:
Barefoot runners risk getting athlete's foot and plantar warts, says Stephen Morse, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Pounding on a treadmill could result in small abrasions to the foot that would make it easier for infections to spread.
This seems like a good reason to ban bare feet in gyms. I had athlete's foot when I was swimming a lot as a teenager and it was hell to get rid of.
showershoes wrote:
From the story:
Barefoot runners risk getting athlete's foot and plantar warts, says Stephen Morse, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Pounding on a treadmill could result in small abrasions to the foot that would make it easier for infections to spread.This seems like a good reason to ban bare feet in gyms. I had athlete's foot when I was swimming a lot as a teenager and it was hell to get rid of.
The epidemiologist was interviewed for a while and said many things. He is quoted describing a hypothetical situation that could allow a barefoot runner to pick up germs that others have left on the machine from their shoe soles and dripping sweat from their bodies. The Orthopedic surgeon was not interviewed , so cod clearly state his opinion in his blog . Much more accurate than an out of context quote that never had to meet the approval of the interviewee.
I would take the word of an epidemiologist over that of an orthopedic surgeon when it comes to what spreads disease.
[quote]Longboard wrote:
This orthopedic surgeon reviews the article and posts his conclusions. Your hand theory is backed up by the MD that limits his practice to treatment and surgery of the foot and ankle.
http://blog.anklefootmd.com/2013/03/18/barefoot-runners-face-obstacles-during-winter-months/
When I MUST wear something on the treadmill due to un-enlightened trainers and assistant managers when it is below 25 degrees F outside , it's FeelMax Pankas....[quote]
OK, FeelMax Pankas. Never heard of them but I'll check them out. Thanks, Longboard.
Double Dog wrote:
Those barefoot runners should behave like civilized human beings and wear their shoes on a treadmill. It is astounding that those people actually have to be told to wear shoes.
A human telling a person who elects to exercise barefoot to wear shoes is about as civilized as a person who would tell an athlete to remove his or her piercings or cover their ink before working out in their presence.
showershoes wrote:
From the story:
Barefoot runners risk getting athlete's foot and plantar warts, says Stephen Morse, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Pounding on a treadmill could result in small abrasions to the foot that would make it easier for infections to spread.This seems like a good reason to ban bare feet in gyms. I had athlete's foot when I was swimming a lot as a teenager and it was hell to get rid of.
I would take the word of my Harvard-educated Stanford professor dermatologist friend who says this is hogwash. (Do you really think that cramming your feet into a humid airtight container all day is a good antidote to foot fungus?)
More to the point, I no longer get shin splints, nor do I get runner's knee, or bunions, or corns, or bloody toenails.
Barefoot running does not have to be perfect (and it isn't perfect) to be a BETTER choice for most people. And "most people" aren't the 21-year-olds running 15 minutes 5Ks who post on Letsrun. "Most people" are the tens of millions of couch potatoes who don't run because their "knees hurt."
barefoot marathoner wrote:
And "most people" aren't the 21-year-olds running 15 minutes 5Ks who post on Letsrun. "Most people" are the tens of millions of couch potatoes who don't run because their "knees hurt."
On the major barefoot running forums (Runners World barefoot forum, KenBob Saxton's site, Ted's, Ricks, as well as THE Big Daddy of them all with over 5000 active members The Barefoot Runners Society
thebarefootrunners.org
the barefoot runners seem to fall into one of two major groups: Those who have been running for a while but no longer can, until they gave barefoot running a try, and those that were doing NOTHING but when they heard about barefoot running were intrigued and decided to give it a try. My personal story is that I never could run due to knee pain which was treated with custom orthotics,meds,different shoes, more different shoes, PT,you name it, so instead I took up alternative "lower impact" activities. Turns out barefoot running works perfect for me.
I should stop though, in the name of keeping our nation civilized.
fandango wrote:
First thing I thought when I saw the picture of the 59 year old dentist: testosterone replacement therapy (TRT). There's no way a 59 year old can look like that without PEDS. No way.
Upping the T since then increased the muscle mass even more so, but it also forced facial hair to sprout! Found this online from a few weeks ago:
http://berkley.patch.com/groups/sports/p/barefoot-runners-race-in-run-walk-boom-1mile-5k-eventsJust buy your own treadmill. Period.
Pretty Easy wrote:
Just buy your own treadmill. Period.
Don't have to. Any gym I've ran the treadmill in barefoot either didn't care or did so only after another member complained. After I explained how it will hurt no one and is no more unhygienic than shod running to the other members they essentially told the complainer to get a life or leave.
Too bad for you!