Quote Originally Posted by alpinerabbit View Post
Jolt,

do you overpronate or have any other gait issues? Then it's probably not a good idea to run barefoot.

The top runner in my tri club told me he exclusively runs on hard surfaces, never on soft trails or barefoot except for foot strengthening gymnastics, because he feels there is too much strain on soft tissues/ligaments.

he's really, really (scary) good. go figure.
that is so counter-intuitive. flat surfaces are literally a man made invention! for millions of years our ancestors have run... wherever. If the surface was uneven, they still ran on it. and as a result, they had muscles and coordination develop accordingly. but then, most of them didn't run 10 miles every day.