Red Eye
Oct 4 2010
Page: 43
By: MCT
Ken Bob Saxton started the running barefoot in 1997. People might think that they are crazy, but barefoot runners
even those who pursue punishing marathons sans shoes, say that freeing your feet from the confines of sneaker is
just as God and natural intended. Elizabeth McCullough of Lexington who started running barefoot earlier this year,
Went to Saxton's website for direction and soon embraced the idea. Just running up the street without any shoes on felt
wrong and exciting, McCullough said that. Barefoot running has been around a long time. An Olympic marathoner,
Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia, won the gold without shoes in 1960. Barefoot South Africa runner Zola Budd famously knocked
American Mary Decker out of medal contention in 1984.Dr. W Ben Kibler, said that less material you put between the sole of the ground, the more rapid the activation of the muscles. For many reasons, barefoot running is a pretty good idea because
a lot of people won. Saxton said that people have been lulled into thinking that their feet won't work correctly. Most people
have feet that don't work,and 90 percent of people need some sort of correction in the foot, where it is probably the opposite of that.
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