Archive for January, 2010

Study: Humans Were Born To Run Barefoot

28, Jan 2010

NPR’s All Things Considered has published a short segment on barefoot running.  Here’s an eye opening quote from the story talking about heel strike running, “…it’s like someone hitting you on the heel with a hammer…”  Yeah, that’s what if feels like to me as well.
Study: Humans Were Born To Run Barefoot : NPR.
Conclusion: Barefoot [...]

Natural Running?

25, Jan 2010

I’ve called the style of running that allowed me to actually become a runner again, forefoot running.  But many call it other names, particularly barefoot running.  The folks at Newton Running have suggested a new term to encompass all the different types of running that are not heel strike running, natural running.  I like it.  [...]

Favorite Apps: iVideoCamera

18, Jan 2010

So, I’m sitting here at work with nil to do today so I thought I’d share one of my favorite new apps on my iPhone.  It’s called iVideoCamera.
I bought my iPhone a little over a year ago in October 2008.  I replaced an aging Palm Treo 700p that did all the things that the iPhone [...]


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