I’ve been dealing with a familiar burning sensation in my calf muscles this week (primarily the lower calf, or soleus muscle). I thought that I had outgrown this due to my regular running in minimalist shoes, but after 15 miles in the heat on Sunday, followed by 3.1 miles in my Vibram Fivefingers Bikilas on […]
Vibram Fivefingers Bikila Review Part 2: Additional Thoughts on Bikila Running
July 17, 2010 By 31 Comments
Thoughs on Food and Obesity by Airforce Ted on the You Don’t Have To Run Alone Podcast
July 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’ve recently been listening to a podcast by a friend and fellow minimalist and dailymile runner named Ted Beveridge (@AirForceTed on Twitter – see picture at left). Ted is an amazing runner with an inspirational personal story of weight loss accomplished by getting active and changing his eating habits. His podcast, You Don’t Have to […]
Runblogger’s Guide to Minimalist Running Shoes
July 12, 2010 By 6 Comments
As you are probably aware if you are a regular reader, I write a lot about running shoes here on Runblogger. I’ve documented my personal journey from stability shoes to minimalism in several posts, and have come to be a firm believer that our current system of choosing shoes largely on the basis of pronation […]
Diane Rehm to Interview McDougall, Pribut, and Burfoot on July 12
July 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Just a quick post here, and sorry for the short notice. Christopher McDougall, Steven Pribut, and Amby Burfoot will be on the Diane Rehm show on NPR tomorrow, July 12, at 11:00 AM. The show is titled “Running in America”, and the description from the Diane Rehm Show website is as follows: “Millions of Americans […]
Thinking About Writing a Book…
July 11, 2010 By 10 Comments
Image via Wikipedia Thought I’d throw this out there since it’s been occupying my mind lately – I figure if I write it down publicly I won’t be able to avoid following through. I’ve long had the desire to write a book (I am a stuffy academic after all…), and I’m just now starting to […]
Vibram Fivefingers Bikila Review: Pictures and First Impressions
July 10, 2010 By 48 Comments
I just received a review pair of Vibram Fivefingers Bikila in the mail today courtesy of Vibram and Pursuit Brand Equity Group (thanks Adam!). If you’re not familiar with the VFF Bikila, it’s a new shoe from Vibram that is designed specifically for runners. I’ve been running in Vibram Fivefingers KSO’s for almost a year, […]
Race Report: 2010 Bridgton 4 on the 4th Road Race
July 4, 2010 By 5 Comments
I almost didn’t run this race today. In fact, if it was up to my wife I would have stayed home. I’ve been pushing myself really hard lately on my runs, and probably doing more speedwork than I should. After a 5K last weekend, followed by 2 miles barefoot the day after, and then a […]
My Barefoot Running Footstrike in Pictures
July 4, 2010 By 7 Comments
My 6 year-old son and I spent part of the afternoon today running barefoot laps up and down the driveway in front of a camera. I was trying to get some higher quality stills of my barefoot foostrike by using the motion triggering feature on the Casio EX-F1, and he decided he wanted to join […]
Help a Fellow Running Blogger: Phat Disney Geek is Back on the Road
July 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Every once in awhile you hear a story that moves you in a way that few others do. This was how I felt when I listened to Phat Disney Geek’s (otherwise known as Byron) race report from the 2010 Disney Half Marathon on the Running to Disney podcast (by Gordon H.). Byron’s story about completing […]
One Hundred Pushups Program – Update on Round 3
June 30, 2010 By 3 Comments
About six months ago I published a post about the 100 Pushups Program. The program was developed by my friend Steve Speirs (of the Run Bulldog Run blog), and I’m now on my third go around with it. Both previous attempts ended in failure on my part (it gets hard in weeks 5 and 6!), […]
Nike Zoom Streak 3: Reviewed by Caleb Masland of Becoming Bonkproof
June 30, 2010 By 2 Comments
One of my major goals in writing this blog is to promote variation in choice of running footwear, particularly shoes that might be classified as reduced or minimalist. Given this, I’ve chosen for the most part to avoid reviewing shoes that weigh over 10oz, or that are stacked with pronation control/stability features. This still leaves […]
Runblogger Podcast #18: The State of My Running Life
June 29, 2010 By 4 Comments
Since my podcasting continues to lag these days, I thought I’d put out a quick episode to update you on the current events in my running life. Listen to RP#18 to find out what I’ve been up to – you’ll hear about shoes, races, barefoot running, and more! To listen or subscribe via RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RunbloggerRuncast […]
Barefoot Running – Baby (Forefoot) Steps in the Right Direction on Run #3
June 28, 2010 By 9 Comments
Image via Wikipedia I didn’t really have much intention of doing another barefoot run, but I’ve been discussing the topic a lot lately in an on-line discussion forum, and was convinced by another member that I should give it another try (thanks Harry!). Harry is a guy that got into barefoot running due to frequent […]
Race Report: Global Benefit 5K in Pembroke, NH
June 26, 2010 By 14 Comments
Thrilling, exciting, and just a tiny bit disappointing – those are the words that best describe my experience running the Global Benefit 5k in Pembroke, NH this morning. It was an awesome day for me, and not just because I had my first top 3 finish in an official race. With three kids in the […]
Nike Free Run+ Review: A New Runner’s Perspective
June 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’ve written a few posts here on Rublogger in which I was pretty critical of Nike for their marketing of the Nike Free Run+ as a barefoot-like shoe. I still stand by the points that I outlined in those posts, but I want to be clear that although I find it virtually impossible that any […]
