[pct-l] "Born to Run" hypothesis

[Brick Robbins]

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 3:53 AM, Tom Holz <tom.holz at gmail.com> wrote:
>  This is where there is enough evidence that modern running with a strong heel strike is more likely to lead to injury to warrant further investigation.  This area also lends itself to individual understanding--for example, whenever I reverted to my old heel-first habits on the PCT, shin splints always flared up, until I corrected my gait.<

A running gate, and a walking gate, are very very different. Trying to
apply the barefoot style forefoot strike to WALKING probably won't
have the same results as it will with RUNNING.