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Are zero drop and barefoot shoes safe for running? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by merlo@lemmy.ml to c/running@lemmy.world

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Hi, It's been a while I feel like I want to try barefoot running but I'm not sure, I would like to hear more opinions. I've always been more confident walking barefoot, did Kendo for a bit, walked the Camino de Santiago multiple times, but I started running "seriously" only recently and I feel that every pair of running shoes I try is somehow hurting me or making me feel uncomfortable.

I tried watching youtube videos on the topic but the opinions there are quite conflicting, so I thought asking here!

Do you use zero drop / barefoot shoes? Do you use them to run? Do you know a proper "guide" on the matter?

Thank you in advance!

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[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A little trail running, but not much lately. I have some lone peaks that I like a lot, though. The new foam in the fwd via 2 (side of the shoe calls it ego p35) feels so much different to the torins. I'm not sure how to describe it, but I enjoy it so much that I haven't used the torins since I got a pair of fwd via 2.

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

If you want to absolutely nerd out about running shoe foam, runrepeat did a fantastic writeup. I always hated that companies would give you a name for their foam, but they never actually tell you anything about what it means.

https://runrepeat.com/guides/running-shoe-foams-guide

Unfortunately altra ego p35 isn't on there yet, but it seems like it's polyolefin elastomer (POE) blend as opposed to the normal altra ego which is just EVA.

That's how I felt with the altra ego pro, which is TPE. I need to try the p35, though.