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You could just get very flat shoes with no support/heel. I know a few
ppl who run in 'water shoes', cheapy things. Or you can work your feet
in slowly by going for short walks barefoot. A friend of mine did that,
and is now trail running in bare feet - he's in his 60's.
Robert Kesterson wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:40:43 -0500, Padraig Hogan
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> You live IN a forest? Well I have to say that's pretty paleo man
>> alright. :P
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> Well, in a house in a forest. :-)
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>> Have you even tried doing it a number of times? It can't be that much
>> different to paleo man... and paleo man wouldn't have picked out the
>> neatest path every time and been exceptionally careful about where he
>> was going.
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> True, but he also didn't wear shoes from birth, so he would have had
> lots more callouses than I do.
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>> Dammit, now I'm in two minds again. I don't know whether to get these
>> (which would probably work out over $100 for me) or not. To me they
>> seem like a fad and a pair of Irish dancing shoes... from other
>> Amazon customers as well I just got the impression that they're
>> preying on people desperate to be paleo.
>
> They're the closest I can get to barefoot while still having some
> protection. They also let me go into places that say "shoes and shirt
> required", when I make the trip into town. :)
>
>> In the meantime, are they really worth it? Or would that money be
>> better off going to the orangutans etc.
>
> What's an orangutan going to do with money? :-)
>
> It just depends on your situation. To me, they were money well spent.
>
> --
> Robert Kesterson
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