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Is Barefoot Better
Wall Street Journal ^
| June 06, 06
| TARA PARKER-POPE
Posted on 06/09/2006 9:35:41 AM PDT by Sam Cree
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Weird. Do any of us run this way?
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:35:42 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
To: Sam Cree
That all depends on if her boyfriend pulls into the driveway earlier than expected. :)
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:38:07 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. 17,400+ snide replies and counting!)
To: Sam Cree
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:38:44 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
To: Sam Cree
Interestingly, Chaka Zulu ascribed certain benefits to running barefoot, one of which was that if you did he wouldn't have his executioners beat you to death.
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:40:06 AM PDT
by
Grut
To: Sam Cree
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:40:40 AM PDT
by
FearlessFreep
(Excuse me. But are those your legs or are you riding a chicken?)
To: Sam Cree
Weird. Do any of us run this way?If you aren't chasing something or fleeing from something, running makes no sense.
Sitting on a lawn chair drinking beer,,, now that makes sense.
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:43:48 AM PDT
by
Protagoras
("A real decision is measured by the fact that you have taken a new action"... Tony Robbins)
To: Sam Cree
I much prefer walking barefoot at the beach etc. In the house I'm barefoot or in socks
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:44:21 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(We should return to calling them Muhammadans -- Worshippers of Muhammad and maybe Allah)
To: Sam Cree
Just another not-so-subtle way for the WSJ to get us to accept illegal aliens.
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:50:19 AM PDT
by
oldbill
To: Sam Cree
It is sort of difficult to run barefoot, with all the hazards like broken glass, aluminum pull tabs, nails, etc. I think I'll continue to run with shoes on my feet if it's okay.
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:54:09 AM PDT
by
TommyDale
(Stop the Nifongery!)
To: Sam Cree
I read somewhere that the human foot is actually made to have a callus as much as 1/2" thick -- that's how some of the native tribes could run a long way barefoot.
Carolyn
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:54:15 AM PDT
by
CDHart
("It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b@#$%^&s."--Claire Wolfe)
To: Sam Cree
Is Barefoot BetterOnly if you enjoy ringworm.
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:54:49 AM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Sam Cree
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:55:46 AM PDT
by
formercalifornian
(One nation, under whatever popular fad comes to mind at the moment, indivisible...)
To: Sam Cree
I'm always dreaming that I'm walking barefoot and it hurts.
What does this mean?
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:57:02 AM PDT
by
altura
(Bushbot No. 1 - get in line.)
To: Sam Cree
I'm quite curious about this.
I run on one of those spongy tracks at the nearby middle school (I have shin splints), and I'd think about trying it if a) it works, and b) it doesn't make me look like a dork.
(P. S. You might be able to take my Nike's, but you'll have to pry my iPod from my cold, dead hands.)
= )
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posted on
06/09/2006 9:57:31 AM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(Victory at all costs-in spite of all terror-however long and hard the road may be-for survival)
To: Sam Cree
Well, I know this is a good way for the human foot to develop when children are first learning to walk. Recommendations are to allow your toddlers, when safe, to go barefoot.
This of course disturbs the older generation terribly (grandparents). "WHERE ARE HIS SHOES?????"
To: Sam Cree
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posted on
06/09/2006 10:01:06 AM PDT
by
cowboyway
(My heroes have always been cowboys.)
To: Protagoras
I really hope you are lucky to avoid the cancer and heart disease that people like you are in terrible risk for.
At least put your beer down for an hour and walk. You'll be able to drink more beer when you aren't dead.
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posted on
06/09/2006 10:03:17 AM PDT
by
1L
To: Sam Cree
Weird. Do any of us run this way?Worked for Zola Budd
To: Sam Cree
As someone who has had his right knee scoped twice already, I can tell you unequivicably, NO I don't run barefoot, other than on well groomed and manicured grass when farting around with the kids.
My workouts are always done in a crosstraining shoe with good absorption in the sole. I only recently started jogging regularly, and I can tell you, a bad shoe/no shoe and my knee would be aching within 5 minutes and hurt for days... Good shoes make all the difference... The more I jog, the less the knee hurts in general, but I don't ever see a day when I'll be out there pounding my feet barefoot on pavement, or any hard surface.
To: dennisw
Same thing with sandals. My feet always feel more "natural" if I'm wearing sandals.
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posted on
06/09/2006 10:05:43 AM PDT
by
djf
(I'm not Islamophobic. But I am bombophobic. Same thing, I guess...)
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