>>2485337the barefoot running thing originated by some book made by a jewish quack doctor who sucks @ running and never trained anyone good. i think it was on oprah or good morning america or something.
its mildly annoying because the existence of the trend brought down the heel drop of the average running shoe by like 8mm. now days your average running shoe you pick off the shelf at a store is probably around a 4mm drop and it used to be 12mm average before 'born to run.'
>>2478396>>2475334>>2478396>>2475298>>2475334>>2475051falling apart in 1-2 years is fine for trailrunners they're only supposed to last 300-500 miles. boots are supposed to last 2000 miles between resoles or replacement. both wind up being the same $ per mile but runners can be found on sale all the time.
>Not even leather is fine with thick alaskan or scandinavian brush.not my experience whatsoever with old growth forests from pnw to alaska. the main thing a lot of trailrunner designs lack are enough toe cap protection for the mountainous areas here IMO. but some have it.
>Rocks on the trail only ruin trailrunners and other sneakers. It has to be a pretty sharp rock and a misstep for it to hurt genuine leather. deck nails penetrate your average boot sole at 180lbs an 4000+lbs for trailrunners. the upper on a runner is less durable in rocky conditions but the sole is much much much harder to puncture because there's a full carbon plate in most of them.
neither is the best at everything when it comes to protectiveness.
the main thing boots have over trailrunners in rocky conditions are much deeper toe caps.
>Trailrunners are for trail running not for normal hiking, and only on overgrowth-free trails that don't lead through wetlands or difficult alpine terraindunno what you're rambling about. do you do any of this stuff?
>wetlands>difficult alpine terrainmy backyard is called the alpine lakes wilderness and the whole thing is a giant bog. runners are ideal 85% of spots here.
