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In article <1993Jan25.150516.21970@kth.se> TordM@VanA.PhySto.SE writes:
>In article <1k0strINNnq7@savoy.cc.williams.edu>, Thomas.C.Pinckney@williams.edu writes:
>
>>	No one has yet replied to my question about the physical 
>>benefits of spending childhood barefoot.  Am I completely off the
>>wall?
>
> okay, I'll bite.. again...
> it is believed that if you're very active when you're a little kid your
>body will get more tolerant to stress. The kids in Kenya run all their life
>from they're small kids, so their bodies are very well adapted to stress,
>and therefore they can train harder, while most people in the western world
>sit and get weak, go everywhere by car, and so on...
> As for running bare-foot, I've only read an article in Runner's World that
>it's bad for your feet to run with shoes... 
>
>
I guess I have to agree with you. The current world record holder Ethiopian 
'Belaynhe Densimo' have 2:06:50 in Amesterdam 1988. When he came back home, 
Ethiopia, He came with a huge money and a new car, after that if I correctly 
remember he did it once at 2:08:xx. Now it has already been 4 years since he 
got the car, and  I don't even think of him doing it at 2:20. I'm an Ethiopian 
and I know about 'Belaynhe' that is why I commented...

BTW Aren't the Ethiopians better runners than the Kenyans? I'm surprised and 
actually disappointed no body mentioned about us. At least I remember one 
episode where Ethiopians and Kenyans compete (I think it was in Kenya)
all 1st, 2nd and 3rd ranks were taken by Ethiopians. But that does not mean 
that the Kenyans are not good and I don't mean that either, I am saying 
Ethiopians are very good too. I hope you all remember the bare feet Marathon
winner 'Abebe Bekila' of Ethiopia. Did You?
I love Ethiopia!!!
Have a good day.