ANIMAL » Toenails http://animalnewyork.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:45:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 For Serious Runners, Toenails Are Way Overrated http://animalnewyork.com/2009/10/for-serious-runners-toenails-are-way-overrated/ http://animalnewyork.com/2009/10/for-serious-runners-toenails-are-way-overrated/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:13:53 +0000 Bucky Turco http://animalnewyork.com/?p=40544 toenails_removed When it comes to winning marathons and other long haul running events, some athletes will go to great lengths for that competitive edge, including the permanent removal of their toenails reports the New York Times. After all, nails are so primitive, a sort of throwback if you will. Sports podiatrist, Dr. Robert M. Conenello, explains the mindset: “A lot of them look at their toenails as useless appendages, remnants of claws from evolutionary times long ago.” |NYT|

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