My feet don't hurt today either!

I read a very interesting book this weekend called "Born to Run". It's a good story and embedded into the story is some interesting discussion regarding our inborn physiology and the effect that the advent of running shoes have had on chronic running injury. It intuitively make sense to me that shoes can impede the foots natural ability to adapt to a running surface. This lack of adaptation can cause our feet to weaken, making them more susceptible to injury. Since all the "regular" treatment of Plantar fasciitis hasn't resulted in healing I thought I'd give barefooting a try. So I did Jen's aerobic class today barefoot. I had my shoes close by, with the thought that if my feet start to hurt I'd put them on. I noticed that I did not plant my feet onto my heel, rather I landed on the ball of my foot. It didn't hurt at all. We'll see how far this goes. I'm open to trying it, though I've no idea how it'll work when I'm ready to start running outside, nor how I'll keep my feet warm! One small step at a time, right?