Archive for the ‘C25K’ Category

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. [...]

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.  [...]

New Running Goal

10, Dec 2009

So the Turkey Trot happened on Thanksgiving day. I had said on the podcast and on Facebook that I was aiming for an 11 minute mile pace. That would have put me at around 34:06 for the 5k distance. Well, thanks to a fast start, fast is relative here, I completed the race with a [...]

Couch to 5K Update

2, Nov 2009

The second day of NaPodPoMo brings a Couch to 5K update.  Week 5 is starting tomorrow and it’s the week that undid my knee the last time I tried this program.  This program can be found over at Coolrunning.com.  For those great running podcasts check out the post I made a few days ago. Here’s [...]


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