[pct-l] "Born to Run", shoes, and feet.

[Tom Holz]

Yes, it's a hypothesis based on anecdotal evidence.  Hopefully labs like the Skeletal Biology Lab at Harvard will confirm or reject this hypothesis over the next few years as they collect data.

(I'm convinced it made my hike successful, but I understand that I am only one person).



On Mar 13, 2013, at 11:34 PM, Yoshihiro Murakami <completewalker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Concerning born to run hypothesis, there are only anecdotal evidences,
> there is no confirmed evidence. I will post several disagreement
> points later, since English is not my native language.
> 
> 
> 
> 2013/3/14 bill <bparnell at gmail.com>:
>> Does barefoot/minimal style walking prevent the foot expansion I've been
>> hearing about?
>> 
> 
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