Yes, yes, they all wear shoes when they can. I was kidding.

At least this response made me laugh instead of face-palming for the twentieth time.

Yeah, except it's not better for you. At all.

SARCASM jesus h christ scroll down and see the twenty times I've said that.

It's not even remotely surprising that they wear shoes. I was being sarcastic.

How is that even remotely relevant to this post? Seriously- how? I never said anything about the marathon.

No, it hasn't.

Ugh jesus christ take four fucking seconds and scroll down so you can see the twenty times I said I was being sarcastic. Ass.

I LOVE this logic- our ancestors millions of ears ago didn't wear shoes to run so why should we? Shoes aren't natural!!! Yeah, neither are eye glasses, we should be more natural and give those up.

Scroll down two or three comments- yes, it was sarcasm.

So you think the reason that hundreds of Kenyan and Ethiopian runners can break 2:10 in the marathon right now and only two or three Americans can is because of some solid character traits? Huh.

sorta, except I was being sarcastic for one. And second, they definitely have many genetic adaptations that help them run faster. Their legs are longer on average relative to their height. They have no mass at the end of their legs (less weight at the end of their legs equals less resistance). Living at altitude for…

ugh I know. I was being sarcastic. Jesus.

I know, I know. See my various comments below- I was being sarcastic.

no... It was a joke. They don't wear barefoot shoes and they don't train barefoot.

I was being sarcastic.

I was being sarcastic- none of the elite runners from any countries wear them, no matter how they land.

I don't think this is true. Not in any recent Olympics at least, and certainly none of the elites (yes, there are non-elites in the Olympics. Small countries get special permission from the IOC to enter one athlete in one race, so there will always be a guy running a 4:10 1500 in the men's mile at the Olympics). You…

That's what they race in. They do not train in those. They train in Zoom Elites and Pegasus and Structure and Glides and Supernovas and Gel Lytes and M890s. Normal lightweight running shoes, not barefoot shoes, not Vibram.

Sarcasm, sorry