On Running Form II: Landing Under the Center of Gravity

Last week fellow running scientist/blogger Steve Magness put up a long, thorough post explaining his thoughts about “How to Run.” One of the things I found interesting about his post was his discussion of the use of “cues” to help one improve running form. Often, as Magness admits, the cues are an exaggeration of what […]

Ultrarunner Hal Koerner’s Thoughts on Minimalist Running

What’s your take on minimalism now that it’s back in style? Coming from someone who has a running store and looks at product, I think it’s pretty awesome that the industry can continue to innovate and go after something like that and push the envelope and question how is the best way to run and […]

Vibram Fivefingers Bikila Review Part 2: Additional Thoughts on Bikila Running

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 […]

Running Injury: Thoughts on the Value of Rotating Shoes

Christopher McDougall began his wildly popular book “Born to Run” by asking a fairly simple question: “How come my foot hurts?” This led him on a quest that ultimately brought him to the conclusion that running shoes were the problem, and that he’d be better off throwing his regular shoes away and running barefoot or […]

Barefoot-Like Running Shoes – Terminology Matters, and Science Can Help

The recent series of posts that I wrote criticizing the new Nike Free Run+ running shoe (if interested, you can start with this one) have generated a lot of traffic to this blog, and have prompted a few commenters to criticize me for “attacking” a shoe that I have never worn. My response to these […]

Running Gear Previews

Links on posts that preview new running gear – I may or may not have used these products. FeedWind

Barefoot Running Posts

Links to my posts on barefoot running. FeedWind

Casio EX FC-100

While the EX-F1 is a great tool for my research lab, its nearly $1000 price tag and SLR-ish size make it an unlikely choice for the average user who simply wants a pocket-size camera that will allow them to play around with slow motion. Given my positive experience with the EX-F1, I went ahead and […]

Posts on Running Shoes

Below are my collected posts that relate to running shoes – includes running shoe commentary, previews, and reviews. To view my current recommended running shoes (barefoot-style, minimal, and transitional) with links to reviews, view my “virtual shoe wall.” FeedWind

Runblogger Disclosure Policy

The Federal Trade Commission requires that I disclose the nature of my blog advertising and my relationship with the manufacturer or seller of any product that I endorse on this blog. My policies for reviews and endorsements are as follows: 1. This is a personal blog written solely by me. Occasionally I post content written […]

Vibram Fivefingers and Barefoot Running: Does Removing Heel Cushion Change Footstrike?

In my previous post, I posed the following question to Ian Adamson, director of product development and education for the Newton Running Company: Me: Available data indicate that most people are heel-strikers. Is it your belief that the presence of extensive heel cushion (i.e., a heel wedge/lift) essentially forces a heel strike in most people? […]

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The Barefoot Running Debate: Where I Stand

If you’ve read this blog or my Twitter stream lately, you might be under the impression that I’m a dedicated barefoot runner. Let me be clear and honest at the outset of this post – I have never completed a run completely barefoot (well, maybe when I was a kid, but certainly not in my […]

What’s Up With This Weather???

The picture below from The Weather Channel pretty much sums up this summer so far for me. Nothing else to say…

New Runblogger RSS Feed: Please Read if You are a Subscriber

Quick post – as part of the process of converting this blog to a custom domain (www.runblogger.com), I have set up a new feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Runblogger. If you are subscribed to the old feed (This View of Life), please update to the new one if you wish to keep receiving updates from this blog. You can […]