Archive for November 2010

In the midst of his media tour for “Love and Other Drugs,” Jake Gyllenhaal unexpectedly veered into a discussion of barefoot running with David Letterman — who, it turns out, has 30+ years of running on his own odometer.

Right before the New York City marathon, Tara Parker-Pope — ace science writer and editor of The New York Times‘ “Well” section — invited me to crack my knuckles and contribute this essay about my beef with urban mega-marathons. In two words: husbandry and oceanography. November 4, 2010, 12:01 AM Born to Run the Marathon?…

Outside also did a better job than I did of getting at the heart of what Reinventing Running: The Cabaret is all about… check it out here.

Outside online actually asked for my Top 5, but anything more than four is overcomplicating things. The list, plus one of my favorite finish photos.

I’ve had lots of requests to re-post this video, which teaches you how to avoid being a “head-chaser” or a “sticky runner.” In this podcast, Lee Saxby describes the self-coaching exercises he uses to teach barefoot running. Then he shows you how to master them: Learn to Run Barefoot with Lee Saxby and Terra Plana…

The New Yorker and Alberto Salazar catch up with the secret the Tarahumara have known for 10,000 years: Walker also began to notice some uncanny similarities among the very best runners. The fastest finishers had a higher thigh drive, for one thing; at its apex, their femur bone was almost parallel to the ground, like…