I coincidentally walked past on my way to an appointment at 4p and honestly the way the place was crawling with emergency cycles made me think there was a shooting or something. Haven’t seen this kind of police presence in NYC since the BLM protests in 2020.

Running shoes can definitely be the problem. It’s a layer of squishy-ness between you and the ground, which counteracts the taut-ness your body will get from good form. There are tons of options for shoes that have solid, non-squishy soles, but I prefer to just go barefoot.