Lots of exciting developments going on lately.  We’ve got free shoes to give away, a new article on Peaking I wrote for Running Times, and a great podcast on Running Form and shoes I participated in last night. First off, thanks to Brooks shoes, we’re having our first real give away on the site.  They’ve…

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Shoe’s vs. Vibrams: I put it to the test.  Below you’ll see variations in running form in the same runner, on the same day, at the same pace.  Looking at footstrike in Shoes vs. Vibram’s.  On the left is me in shoes, and on the right is me in Vibrams.  Notice any differences?   Conclusions:  It’s…

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Perhaps the most interesting finding in Lieberman’s work is that it may not be so much the barefoot vs. shod but the footstrike that is the important part. Brefoot running allows for the footstrike to happen properly, so they are interconnected. Let’s leave behind injury prevention for a bit here and focus on speed. Is…

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