I have a special affinity for the funky Vibram Fivefingers toeshoes. The VFF KSO was my first true zero-drop running shoe, and it was the shoe that taught me how to run without a big wedge of cushion under my feet. I followed the KSO by getting a pair of the Vibram Bikilas, and managed […]
Archives for March 2011
Altra Instinct Running Shoe Review: Zero Drop, Foot Shaped, and Cushioned
March 30, 2011 By 78 Comments
“The human foot is not to be regarded, as seems almost to be the idea with many, as an incoordinating mass of flesh, bone and gristle which may with impunity be crowded into almost any sort of protective covering to form a fleshy peg, more or less similar to a horse’s hoof, on which to […]
Kid’s Running Form: Under-6 200m Race Footage from the 2011 Stanford Invitational
March 29, 2011 By 2 Comments
Steve Magness just tweeted a link to an awesome video of the kid’s under-6 200m race on the track at the 2011 Stanford Invitational. Steve’s quote introducing the video really hits the nail on the head: “After watching this under 6 200m…kids know how to run/sprint… if only we didn’t screw them up!” Watch them […]
Barefoot Running: My Current Thoughts Posted on the dailymile Community Blog
March 28, 2011 By 1 Comment
I’d like to direct you to a post that I wrote on barefoot running that just went live today on the dailymile Community Blog. The post summarizes my current thinking on the barefoot running debate, and is titled: “Barefoot Running: Ditch Your Shoes, Change Your Gait, An Honest Look at a Tired Debate.” In the […]
New Balance Minimus Trail (MT10): How I Chose My 50K Ultramarathon Shoe
March 25, 2011 By 2 Comments
Last Saturday I ran my first Ultramarathon – the HAT Run 50K in Susquehana State Park, MD. In the comments following my race report, a few people asked me how I came to choose the New Balance Minimus Trail as my race shoe, particularly given my somewhat tumultuous history with it. This post is a […]
Hat Run 50K Race Report: Friends, Woods, Water, and Hills = Perfection
March 22, 2011 By 37 Comments
At 9:00 AM last Saturday morning I stood at the starting line of the Hat Run 50K in a grassy field in Susquehanna Sate Park, MD (photo at left by Jeff Hinte, HAT Race Director). I was contemplating the fact that I was about to run 31 miles on hilly trails that would take me […]
Going Ultra: HAT Run 50K Coming Right Up!
March 16, 2011 By 14 Comments
This winter has been very hard on my running. From late December to just this past week, the sidewalks and roadsides near my house in NH have been largely covered by ice and crusty snow, and running has been difficult to say the least. Even worse, the nasty conditions underfoot have made it almost impossible […]
Brooks Running Pure Project: Brooks to Introduce a New Line of Minimalist Shoes
March 11, 2011 By 16 Comments
I was just alerted yesterday to a new post on the Brooks Running blog where they announced their plans to jump into the minimalist shoe market with a collection called the PureProject (thanks @ZakBranigan!). The Brooks post is an interesting one, and I actually find their approach to be positive in a number of ways. […]
New Balance Minimus Trail (MT10): Shoe Surgery to Free My Forefoot
March 10, 2011 By 89 Comments
A few months ago I wrote a post detailing how my glowingly positive initial thoughts about the New Balance Minimus Trail shoe had been tempered by two consecutive runs in them during which I suffered some nasty iliotibial band (ITB) pain. They were the only two runs I can recall in the past several years […]
Shoes, Form, and Minimalist Running: My Interview with Jeff Kline of PRS Fit
March 7, 2011 By 5 Comments
Just a quick note here to point you to a podcast interview I did a few weeks ago with Jeff Kline of PRS Fit. We covered a lot of ground in just over 30 minutes, but as you might expect we mostly focused on minimalist running shoes and running form. If you’d like to listen, […]
Chi Running Survey: Request from Mark Cucuzzella and Danny Dreyer
March 4, 2011 By 3 Comments
My friend Mark Cucuzzella is conducting a survey about Chi Running in conjunction with Chi Running founder Danny Dreyer. I had the opportunity to meet Danny at the recent running injury conference I attended in Shepherdstown, WV, and was able to participate in a short, one hour Chi Running workshop with him. I was impressed […]
New Science on Running Barefoot vs. in Low Drop Shoes: Effects on Ground Impact
March 2, 2011 By 18 Comments
Today on the Peak Performance blog Amby Burfoot discusses a new study by a research team at the University of Massachusetts headed up by running biomechanist Dr. Joseph Hamill (see abstract here). The study is an interesting contribution to our knowledge of how running shoes affect the way we impact the ground while we run, […]
Sportline Duo 1060 Heart Rate Monitor Watch Review
March 1, 2011 By 1 Comment
A few months back I was contacted by a marketing representative for Sportline about reviewing one of their heart rate monitor watches. Normally I would have declined a review like this since I have two heart rate monitors that I’m quite happy with (the Timex Road Trainer was my everyday watch, and I use a […]
