{"id":198,"date":"2010-03-03T23:57:04","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T23:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2015-09-22T06:38:04","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T06:38:04","slug":"is-barefoot-running-the-norm-or-default","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/is-barefoot-running-the-norm-or-default\/198\/","title":{"rendered":"Is barefoot running the norm or default?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/confucius.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-200\" title=\"confucius\" src=\"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/confucius-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just wish there were more hours in the day to write about this. The barefoot runners need to follow Confucius\u2019s advice:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When in hole, it\u2019s a good idea to stop digging<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They continually provide copious amounts of material to demonstrate how irrational and illogical they are. I have so much to respond to and there is just not enough time in the day to deal with it all. Just today, I came across this gem from Twitter, in which a barefoot runner was engaged in a discussion with a podiatrist and made this statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>the default is BARE FEET<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The default is barefoot? Given that 99.99% of runners use running shoes, then the default is not barefoot. The default is using running shoes!\u00a0See how irrational and illogical these people have become?<\/p>\n<p>They tried to use this argument that barefoot was the norm to put the onus on the <em>running shoe industry<\/em> to show that running shoes were actually beneficial. I agree, the running shoe industry should be doing this. But what is wrong with the <em>barefoot &#8216;industry&#8217;<\/em> showing that barefoot running is actually beneficial? (which NO research has yet shown, <a href=\"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/tag\/intellectual-dishonesty\/\">despite claims by barefoot runners<\/a>). Just because there is yet no published research on the benefits of running shoes does not mean that they are not beneficial and barefoot running is better! (<a href=\"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/the-lack-of-evidence-for-running-shoes-you-cant-have-it-both-ways\/182\/\">see this post<\/a>).\u00a0See how irrational and illogical these people have become? They can&#8217;t have it both ways!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is barefoot the norm or default? 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The barefoot runners need to follow Confucius\u2019s advice: When in hole, it\u2019s a good idea to stop digging They continually provide copious amounts of material to demonstrate how irrational and illogical they are. I have so much to respond to and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[7,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":444,"href":"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}