I’m now on Twitter at BornToRunChris. During the Naked Tour, I’ll be flashing out logistics, updates, photos, Naked Run maps, and whatever else you need and I happen to think of. Meanwhile, here’s what’s been breaking since Friday: Chicago, April 1: **Scott Jurek just confirmed that he will not only be there, but also handing…

Flea is nearly 50 years old. He’s been a Red Hot Chili Pepper since high school. Not to make any presumptions about his past, but that means he’s been living the life of a rock star for three decades. Yet after taking up running 6 months ago, he looks sensational. Moves pretty damn fast, too:

Pick up your tickets for the Chicago Naked Tour events at Book Cellar. Entry is one paperback. Here’s the procedure: Make sure to click “Pick up in store,” then come by Fleet Feet on Piper’s Alley before the event to grab your copy, check out the Naked Demo, and meet me, Scott Jurek, Eric Orton,…

A sudden family medical emergency knocked me out of the New York City marathon last November. In this New York Times blog post today, I explain what happened and why, instead of targetting another marathon, I’m headed into the Maryland woods tomorrow for the HAT Run. And for some eerie reason, I’ll once again have…

“I feel like a guest star on Gilligan’s Island”— Peter Sarsgaard, onstage at the Running Reinvented Cabaret shortly after someone in the audience had stolen his shirt. In this case, the trailer is as long as the feature. Video from Running Reinvented: The Cabaret just went online, and wow, what a show. If you’ve got…

What intrigued me about this excerpt from the cover story of this month’s Men’s Journal is Jake Gyllenhaal’s perceptive insight that the best way to get inside your head is through your body. Jake believes he can “sit with himself” while he’s running. “It’s not: ‘I’m having a shitty day and I’m going to go…

Born to Run comes out in paperback on April 1. To celebrate, we’re launching The Naked Tour, a nationwide series of events aimed at answering every runner’s No. 1 question: “How can I learn to run like that guy?” Or that guy: Or Jenn: Or even the flying Monkey: The series will kick off in…

A British writer spent six months in search of the secret of Kenya’s dominance of distance running. One of the first things he noticed: Another difference is that virtually all the children are running barefoot. Barefoot running is a growing trend in the west, based on the theory that conventional running shoes force you to…

Runners aren’t the only victims of overhyped sneakers which lead to harmful heel-striking. ESPN believes NBA stars may also be paying a painful and costly price for believing that shoe companies actually know what they’re doing. The solution? According to another ESPN column, basketball players should take a lesson from naked runners and re-learn the…

Last August, I was leaving Leadville, Colorado after the Trail 100 when I spotted ultra-ace Tony “Naked Guy” Krupicka’s pickup truck by the side of the road. Moments later, I was sharing a slab of dark chocolate on the back bumper of my car with Naked Guy’s gal, Jocelyn Jenks, while Tony continued digging around…