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Bad Boy Running

Ep 76 - Barefoot and forefoot running - the pros and cons

Bad Boy Running

Jody Raynsford & David Hellard

Runner, Sports, Leisure, Fitness, Ultramarathon, Marathon, Health & Fitness, Running Injuries, Running, Hobbies, Ultrarunning

4.7539 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2017

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Have you ever considered changing styles? Will it make you more efficient? Will you be a faster runner? Having switched styles in the past David offers his view on why he did it, having had run-ins with shoes that forced him to change running styles, Jody explains why he hasn't. All of this as well as barefoot running, Chi Running and the seemingly oxymoronic 'barefoot shoes' are discussed in what turns out to be a dangerously informative podcast. Enjoy! If you enjoye...

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0:00.0

They're bad, they're boys, and occasionally they talk about running.

0:06.0

Yes, it's the Bad Boy Running podcast with your host, Jody Rainesford and David Heller.

0:13.0

Come back!

0:14.0

Baby, come back!

0:17.0

But the bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.

0:20.0

I must admit I was a clown to be messing around

0:24.4

But that doesn't mean that you have to leave town

0:28.3

Come back

0:29.2

Bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye

0:32.4

Yay!

0:34.9

Do you know what I don't think I'm ever ever going to be sick of hearing that.

0:39.7

Well, did you see the photo I found the other day?

0:41.8

Yeah, that's amazing.

0:42.9

It's almost as like you prefig a bullseye and patto together.

0:48.4

That's where it all came from.

0:50.2

I was just going through Facebook photos to try and find one of my friend, Charles, because

0:55.2

it's his 40th coming up.

0:57.0

In fact, it's a surprise birthday.

0:59.8

No, by the time this comes out, actually, there's no chance he listens to the podcast.

1:04.2

But, Charles, sorry if I've just ruined your 40th birthday, but anyway, I always came through

1:09.6

photos of darts, which is how I know you,, it's how Giles and I have met up with most recently. And then that one popped up, that nugget, is where we were first Pateau Banton and friends, the darts team name. So we always had a picture of Pato Banton on the side. Oh, so you took it with you? Yeah. Oh, okay. That's all right. Oh, does he know that he was part of a darts team? Probably not, because when we were together and at that stage, I don't think Facebook and Twitter were quite as, um, it didn't, you, it wasn't as common to have celebrities everywhere as you do now. And so the idea of approaching some random guy.

1:47.2

And we weren't as obsessed with Patto as Bat Boy Running is.

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