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I don't know whether what you say is true, but my point is that age has a lot to do with injuries, especially running injuries. Among other things, joints deteriorate over time, so that you are much more likely to injure your knees from 5 years of running at age 60 than at age 20. If more older people are running for sport than they used to, it would help explain an increase in running injuries.Your age has nothing to do with running. 65 year olds can run as fast as a 19 year old.
Were they? Did they do tests back then between elite athletes from every area of the world? (Did other areas of the world even have formalized athletic events?) And anyway, I think we've seen from cubing how what it takes to get to world-class increases over time. So if you want to be the best in the world now, you should expect a lot more difficulty than you would have 2000+ years ago. And harder training means higher chance of injury.You dont think people have always pushed themselves to the max? Spartan warriors were the best athletes in the world.
People are fatter because calorie-dense food is easier/cheaper to get and because modern lifestyles/jobs are more sedentary than they were even 50 years ago.Fatter because people dont exercise anymore. Who would want to exercise in pain?
I can agree with that, but it's an issue of technique. The fact that many people are running with poor technique does not mean it's better to go barefoot, it means it's better to improve technique. With proper shoes and proper technique, I think you would see better results and less foot damage than with no shoes and proper technique.And its not the shoes that kills you. Its what the shoes make you do. They make you land on your heel.