Do We Need Running Shoes To Run?

prostoalex writes to tell us The Daily Mail has an interesting look at current research in the field of running and injuries related to running. Most of the evidence pointed at a lack of any need for running shoes. Some of the more interesting points: the more expensive the running shoes, the greater the probability of getting an injury; some of the planet's best and most intense runners run barefoot; Stanford running team, having access to the top-notch modern shoes sent in for free by manufacturers, after a few rounds of trial and error still chose to train with no shoes at all."

Comments

Re:Hmm, no...

[LingNoi]

Please don't post pretending to be someone else, it makes you look stupid. Both you and the GP make perfectly good points.

Re:you just think you're joking.

[reddburn]

The thing that bugs me about the arguments about intelligent design is all the pot-shots taken at bad religious arguments

ID is a religious argument, despite what its proponents might have you believe. The intelligent design of life cannot be grounded in observable phenomena, and thus cannot be regarded as scientific.