(Photo credit: Wikipedia) We’ve all been waiting for data to trickle out regarding actual outcomes from studies that have employed gait modification for the treatment of specific running injuries. Those data are now starting to appear. A group led by Major Angela Diebal from Keller Army Community Hospital in West Point, NY just released a […]
Salomon S-Lab Sense Giveaway
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Salomon is about to jump into the lightweight, low-drop trail shoe market in a big way with the pending release of the S-Lab Sense. The Sense is the shoe that Kilian Jornet wore during his victories at the 2011 Western States 100 and the 2011 Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc. Here’s how Salomon describes the Sense: […]
Video Previews: Saucony Kinvara 3, Saucony Kinvara TR, Saucony Hattori LC
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Running Warehouse just posted three new video previews of soon-to-be-released shoes from Saucony: the Saucony Kinvara 3, Saucony Kinvara TR (a trail Kinvara!), and a lace up Saucony Hattori LC. I was fortunate to receive a pair of the Kinvara 3’s earlier this week, and runners will be pleased to hear that it retains the […]
Minimalist Running: Stories Needed for a Book by Scott Douglas of Running Times
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Scott Douglas, senior editor and former editor-in-chief at Running Times Magazine, is writing the Runner’s World Guide to Minimalist and Barefoot Running, which will come out next year. He’d like to talk in depth with some people with compelling minimalist-related stories. I offered to post his request here on Runblogger as I’m sure many of […]
University of Colorado Study Determines that “Running in lightweight, cushioned shoes is equally as efficient as running barefoot.”
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The big news in the world of running science over the past week was the release of a study from a locomotion lab at the University of Colorado. The study, titled “The metabolic cost of running barefoot vs. shod: is lighter better?”, was headed up by Jason Franz, and was co-authored by Corbyn Wierzbinski and […]
Running Form Video: The Principles of Natural Running by Dr. Mark Cucuzzella
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It’s been awhile since I’ve had an opportunity to post (Disney Vacation with the family, and final book editing rolled into one incredibly busy few weeks!), so I thought I’d get the blog back in gear by sharing a video put together by my good friend Mark Cucuzzella. Mark won the Air Force Marathon last […]
Nike Flyknit Racer: New Ultralight Road Racing Shoe
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A commenter on my earlier post today on the new Nike Free 4.0 v2 and 3.0 v4 shoes alerted me to another new shoe coming this summer from Nike called the Flyknit Racer (thanks Henry!). Apparently the shoe was just announced at a show in New York just a few hours ago, and it is […]
Nike Free 4.0 v2 and Nike Free 3.0 v4 Preview Photos
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Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of rumors about some new Nike Free running models that will soon be coming out (including this post from Jason Robillard). I have very little in the way of details, but managed to come across some photos of what I think are two of the shoes after doing a […]
New Balance 730 Update: 25 Solid Miles of Running
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I thought I’d drag my self from the depths of final book editing to give a quick update on my experience with the New Balance 730 running shoe. A few weeks back I wrote a post describing the New Balance 730 in detail, but at the time I had yet to run in them. I’ve […]
