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| Subject: | | Re: Man is evolutionarily adapted to running long distances |
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luna1580
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Sun, Sep 27 2009, 8:08pm
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you are wrong. think about how long the human foot evolved unshod and later with a minimal sole protection (see pic above). we've only been wearing "advanced" shoes with lifted heels and all kinds of "shock absorbing" materials for a few hundred years, and the "advanced" running shoes for less than fifty. 100's of thousands of years went into refining a foot shape that works best without all that stuff.
this website is am amazing resource for barefoot running and even people running barefoot ultra marathons: Barefootted.com
it also contains a lot of information about the tarahumara people of mexico, the only people in modern times who claim the ability to "run down" game with-in their own recent history, they are still amazing runners...
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| Subject: | | Re: Man is evolutionarily adapted to running long distances |
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herdtrackerV2
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Mon, Sep 28 2009, 8:04pm
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Odds are looking that I am wrong. It must be one of those areas that was glossed over as boring in the history books. |
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| Subject: | | Re: Man is evolutionarily adapted to running long distances |
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spoOklight
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Mon, Sep 28 2009, 8:31pm
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I heard somewhere from various biologist friends that the human spine is still not fully capable of supporting us a a "true" upright walking species. That's why so many people have herniated discs and other back injuries compared to other animals. Has anyone else heard this before? |
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| Subject: | | Re: Man is evolutionarily adapted to running long distances |
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EastTxSwamp
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Thu, Oct 1 2009, 1:13pm
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Don't people who grow up without shoes have naturally broader feet caused by their environment? I used to run 8 miles a day, 13 on Saturdays, but I was wearing good Nikes. I used to pass a group of ROTC guys every morning before dawn, and they were doing the same run (the other way) as I was doing, but with combat boots on. My point is, can the feet of our species (and the knees for that matter) adapt to a variety of conditions?
Swamp (who now only runs from the porch to the cooler) |
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