# running barefoot (same title different ?)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-barefoot-same-title-different/205409>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 3, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-barefoot-same-title-different/205409 "2003-10-03T19:16:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-barefoot-same-title-different/205409/1 "2003-10-03T19:16:54Z")

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How different does bare feet hitting track/pavement differ from shoed feet hitting those surfaces?

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-barefoot-same-title-different/205409/2 "2003-10-03T19:39:18Z")

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IME, hurts a lot more running barefoot. Depending on the quality of the track, it can still hurt using track shoes, which are made to be very light (and very thin) and offer little protection from hitting what is effectively rubber on top of pavement.

IME, that is. New England might make tracks different from other places. I’d rather run on grass, myself.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/running-barefoot-same-title-different/205409/3 "2003-10-06T13:20:15Z")

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How does the SOUND differ?