{"id":43,"date":"2010-01-29T22:55:57","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T22:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2015-09-22T06:40:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T06:40:10","slug":"is-the-barefoot-running-movement-impacting-on-the-running-shoe-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/is-the-barefoot-running-movement-impacting-on-the-running-shoe-industry\/43\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the barefoot running movement impacting on the running shoe industry?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/runningshoes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-44\" title=\"runningshoes\" src=\"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/runningshoes-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOff course they are not, but they have deluded themselves into believing that they have. Barefoot runners are an insignificant fringe* minority. The last few running events I have been to, I went out of my way to look for barefoot runners. I found NONE. So, based on my unscientific observation of the 30 000 or so people that were at these two events, let\u2019s say there was a couple I missed, then that means that barefoot runners make up 0.00006% of runners. Is that going to impact on the running shoe industry? Of course its not!<\/p>\n<p>It is funny how the barefoot running community think they are impacting on the industry. Recently the <a href=\"http:\/\/talk.brooksrunning.com\/2010\/01\/25\/barefoot-running-an-open-letter-from-brooks-ceo-jim-weber\/\">Brooks CEO blogged about barefoot running<\/a> and this email below was sent out by the Chief Runner at <a href=\"http:\/\/clickserve.cc-dt.com\/link\/tplclick?lid=41000000029273870&amp;pubid=21000000000116404\">Road Runner Sports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/roadrunner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45\" title=\"roadrunner\" src=\"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/roadrunner-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/roadrunner-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/roadrunner.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both were interpreted on the barefoot running websites as signs they were having an impact. No, it\u2019s just that the media are picking up the <a href=\"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/hook-line-and-sinker\/26\/\">nonsense being espoused<\/a> by the barefoot movement and\u00a0 the running shoe industry need to get some facts out there. Clearly the barefoot running movement is assuming that they are more important than they really are.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nGet over it guys, you are nothing more than an unimportant small insignificant fringe* minority.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>*See the Wikipedia entry where barefoot runners are described as \u201cfringe\u201d. Attached is a screenshot in case someone goes in and edits it:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/wikipediabarefoot.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-46\" title=\"wikipediabarefoot\" src=\"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/wikipediabarefoot-1024x121.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/wikipediabarefoot-1024x121.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/wikipediabarefoot-300x35.jpg 300w, https:\/\/runningbarefootisbad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/wikipediabarefoot.jpg 1308w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<script type='text\/javascript'><!--\/\/<![CDATA[\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/flow.aquaplatform.com\/ajs.php':'http:\/\/flow.aquaplatform.com\/ajs.php');\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\n   if (!document.MAX_used) document.MAX_used = ',';\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\n   document.write (\"?zoneid=248\");\n   document.write ('&amp;cb=' + m3_r);\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&amp;exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\n   document.write (\"&amp;loc=\" + escape(window.location));\n   if (document.referrer) document.write (\"&amp;referer=\" + escape(document.referrer));\n   if (document.context) document.write (\"&context=\" + escape(document.context));\n   if (document.mmm_fo) document.write (\"&amp;mmm_fo=1\");\n   document.write (\"'><\\\/scr\"+\"ipt>\");\n\/\/]]>--><\/script><noscript><a href='http:\/\/flow.aquaplatform.com\/ck.php?n=274a4a&amp;cb=64f4885ad8987ca19f2491f7340a86cf' target='_blank'><img src='http:\/\/flow.aquaplatform.com\/avw.php?zoneid=248&amp;cb=64f4885ad8987ca19f2491f7340a86cf&amp;n=274a4a' border='0' alt='' \/><\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off course they are not, but they have deluded themselves into believing that they have. Barefoot runners are an insignificant fringe* minority. The last few running events I have been to, I went out of my way to look for barefoot runners. I found NONE. 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