Have you ever had black toenails from running? Those puddles of coagulated blood underneath your toenails. Those things that hurt you for months, until they finally drop off. And then they return the next time you go running.

I have.

All my life, as long as I have been running, I have had black toenails. Sure, they have fallen off from time to time, and some of these times the “fresh” toenails thereunder haven’t turned black yet. But inevitably, they always do.

But it all changed a few years ago. I started running minimalisticly. And as I did, my black toenails disappeared. I didn’t notice at first, since it took some time for the old ones to disappear. But after a while I noticed that my toenails didn’t turn black, despite my running. And they never have.

Therefore, I recommend minimalistic running as a way to prevent black toenails. It’s cheap. It’s easy. And it’s great.