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Born to Run Barefoot?

Sorting Through the Myths and Facts of Barefoot Running

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Born to Run Barefoot?

By: Chas Gillespie
Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
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Two million years ago, Africa: A skinny, long-limbed creature who walks on two legs, can’t sprint, and has no weapons turns away from his under-nourished friends, and runs down a much stronger antelope. Dinner. Over succeeding generations, this creature evolves into one of the best distance runners on the planet: the human being. Yet in the age of modernity, we find ourselves unable to run without more than half of us suffering injury. This book looks at the injury epidemic in running and what the barefoot running movement believes are the causes of injury. It analyzes the best-seller Born to Run, how human evolution has shaped our bodies, how modernity has warped those same bodies, and what barefoot running both got right and wrong. It concludes by giving practical advice to runners from the writer, a 2012 Olympic Trials qualifier in the marathon.

©2013 Chas Gillespie (P)2014 Audible Inc. Anthropology Running & Jogging Sports Injury
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born to run was a compelling story but over egged the science. it's complicated and there are multiple schools of thought with different approaches. there that's the summary, don't need to listen to it now.

we know

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I like how the author analysed different hypotheses. A good and interesting read. I'm not a runner, but I was happy to listen to the whole book in one sitting.

Interesting and approached from different sides

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Honest and succinct. Debunks wishful thinking barefoot claims in a balanced manner. Also well narrated
Enjoyed

No nonsense

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A good corrective to the misinformation found in books like McDougal's "Born To Run".

Balanced review

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Gillespie really points out a situation which nowadays is rare:
You create a almost romantic narrative and bake in statements which likely do not get questioned anymore. As done in the bestseller Born to run.
I was amazed myself by that book, even a while before it went viral and hipped. Bought five fingers, ran barefoot, was called an idiot. Before the hype. When the hype started I was on Gillespie path, but not that structured and specific as his notations are.
Hey, there are logic errors in the statements, if a and b is right not automatically c is correct etc.
Brilliant work, good listening, nice perspective.
Made me smile on my last run.
Listen, and never stop thinking yourself.
Highly recommended!

Nice perspective

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