Barefoot In The Park (And Everywhere Else) (Trees And Things)

gameCoder: Adaptation

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:19:28 EST

Anecdote:
I was visiting the Channel Islands this weekend, and thought it would be lovely to dip my feet in the water. I took off my shoes, and found I couldn't comfortably walk to the water because the stones were digging painfully into my feet.

JimmyHavok: Re: Barefoot In The Park (And Everywhere Else)

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:15:19 EST

One way to prevent ankle injuries is to make sure you stretch your ankles out well before you start playing. I read about a high school football team that walks up and down the field, first on the outside edges of their feet, then the inside, before

thefadd: Re: Barefoot In The Park (And Everywhere Else)

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:28:36 EST

I've always had the opposite problem...my feet roll outward, occasionally causing ankle injuries. I do still wear the extra support when playing basketball or tennis but I also found that as little shoe as possible is absolute heaven for running. But I mos

skeeter1: Barefoot? Well, not quite

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:18:24 EST

It got to be quite well accepted to wear comfortable black-leather sneakers at work 30 years ago. I still like them, but my summer-time footwear is sandals (for more than 40 years), and around the house, it's slippers. I'll never wear a "hard-l

JimmyHavok: I grew up barefoot

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:41:33 EST

You can tell people who grew up barefoot, here in Hawaii we refer to them as "luau feet." It's always amazing to me how awful the feet of people who grew up in shoes are. Their toes are crushed together, their feet are narrow, their toe joints are mi

Lou: Feets of stone

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:29:06 EST

I once went out with a woman who hardly ever wore shoes from about April to November...she was a real sweetie, but damn but her feet were tough. I once watched her put out a lit cigarette. When I commented one her armored feet she followed up w

port1080: Re: Barefoot In The Park (And Everywhere Else)

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:14:47 EST

I've never been a big shoe fan. I grew up in a rural area, and most of the time I went barefoot around my house and outside (unless I was doing yard work or something that required a bit of foot cover for safety or convenience). I live in a suburban area

shane: Re: Barefoot In The Park (And Everywhere Else)

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:59:46 EST

Two summers ago I read a story about how someone fixed their arch problem by going barefoot. It struck me as a good idea so I tried it for a while, until one night I was walking in the dark carrying a large sack of blankets. I scrapped my small

postillion: Re: Barefoot In The Park (And Everywhere Else)

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:18:17 EST

When I was little, I used to run around on this thin soled cloth slippers from Chinatown that are only a few bucks. Given what you are saying, joshv, maybe I should return to those instead of the 100 some odd dollars shoes on the Masai and Vivo shoew

joshv: Re: Barefoot In The Park (And Everywhere Else)

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:09:18 EST

As a runner I've always had problems with traditional running shoes. I was told by "experts" that I overpronate severely, and thus I needed a running show with gigantic wedges of hard foam on either side of my heel to "stabilize" my feet. This