Some History

This is not my first attempt at running barefoot. My first attempt and I think everyone else who is trying out running barefoot, was after I read Born to Run by Christopher McDougall in the summer of 2009. It really is a good read even if you are not a runner. So after minimal research on the subject, I took off running. I had already run 2 or 3 5k's and took off barefoot to run 3 miles. No problem, at least until the next morning. I couldn't walk my calf muscles hurt so bad. So I did not have a great start with running barefoot. I went out and bought a pair of Vibram Fivefingers to wear, as I was concerned about broken glass and metal. I probably only ran a few more times barefoot after that and before I knew it it was winter so I stopped running barefoot and had the shoes back on full time. Again, knee and lower leg problems surfaced and I couldn't run for a month. Now it's February and I am ready to try again.