Science of Running. The painful truth about trainers: Are expensive running shoes a waste of money? Thrust enhancers, roll bars, microchips...the $20 billion running - shoe industry wants us to believe that the latest technologies will cushion every stride. Yet in this extract from his controversial new book, Christopher McDougall claims that injury rates for runners are actually on the rise, that everything we've been told about running shoes is wrong - and that it might even be better to go barefoot... By CHRISTOPHER McDOUGALL Created 2:37 PM on 15th April 2009 Every year, anywhere from 65 to 80 per cent of all runners suffer an injury.
No matter who you are, no matter how much you run, your odds of getting hurt are the same At Stanford University, California, two sales representatives from Nike were watching the athletics team practise. Unfortunately, it was proving difficult that day as the runners all seemed to prefer... nothing. 'Didn't we send you enough shoes? ' 'I can't prove this,' the well-respected coach told them. When I was told this anecdote it came as no surprise. But why? VDOT Calculator based on Daniels' Running Formula. HARRA - Houston Area Road Runners Association. Houston Running News HARRA Fall Series near complete, Spring Series schedule set The 2013 Fall Series concludes with the Chevron Houston Marathon on January 19th and the Fall Series results will be finalized soon after. Forty-nine members have run all 4 individual events in 2013 and are in the running to win an Ironfoot award if they complete or volunteer at the Houston Marathon.
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Coaches / Programs. UltraRUNNING Online. Running Barefoot: Home. ChiRunning. The Barefoot Professor: by Nature Video. Christopher McDougall: Are we born to run? (TEDx Talks) Vibram Five Fingers: Discover the Barefooting Alternative. Barefoot. | Barefoot Runners Society.