I’m sorry, but I didn’t put forth anything other than a link to an article that I recently read in the local paper, and my observation that there is an ongoing debate among runners about the right type of shoe.
I’m not a podiatrist … I don’t even play one on TV. —Eric N campyonly...@me.com www.campyonly.com www.wheelsnorth.org Blog: http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com Twitter: @campyonlyguy > On Nov 17, 2014, at 9:27 AM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > > True, Eric, but none of what you say changes the fact that cushioned, > supportive shoes weaken the feet. That is proven fact. Science, unlike the > market, is not consensus based. The debate (not in the market, but in the > actual science) is how to best help people strengthen their feet and > transition into less shoe. The reality is shoes, like so many other things, > are tools, and too much tool is as big a problem as too little. Each person > has to decide what the right amount is for them. But to do so in ignorance of > the reality that more cushion and support always weakens the feet is to make > that choice in ignorance. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > On Monday, November 17, 2014 9:41:46 AM UTC-7, Eric Norris wrote: > Ah, the great shoe debate. Runners have it too, and the pendulum over there > is currently swinging away from “minimalist” shoes and back to heavy padding: > > http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/healthy-choices/article3517617.html > > <http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/healthy-choices/article3517617.html> > > > P.S. My feet are smart. They are poets. Yes, Longfellows ;-) > > —Eric N > campyo...@me.com <javascript:> > www.campyonly.com <http://www.campyonly.com/> > www.wheelsnorth.org <http://www.wheelsnorth.org/> > Blog: http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com <http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com/> > Twitter: @campyonlyguy > >> On Nov 17, 2014, at 8:36 AM, Deacon Patrick <lamon...@mac.com <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >> The underlying issue here is cushioned and/or supportive shoes weaken our >> feet and make them dumber. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
