Running Barefoot

Full Article:
http://www.runnersworld.com/barefoot-running-minimalism/study-vibram-fivefingers-lead-greater-risk-foot-bone-injury

Brief Summary:
"In a 10-week study, 10 of 19 runners who transitioned to doing some of their mileage in Vibram FiveFingers showed signs of foot bone injury at the end of the study, compared to one of 17 runners who continued to do all of their running in conventional shoes."

My thoughts:
Conventional running shoes are designed to support your feet in a variety of ways to prevent injury and improve force distribution.  When running with the "barefoot" shoes, your load distribution will be different putting the smaller bones in your foot in a position to absorb more load which they are not designed to do.

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