by david | Dec 13, 2013 | endurance training
There are seemingly countless books on running (click here for my personal list of favorite running books). I found this article (and its source, Al Jazeera of all places) interesting. While reading it, I considered some of the athletes I’ve worked with and what...
by david | Dec 13, 2013 | endurance training
So what do runners do when they’re not running? They read about running, of course! There are so many books and articles about running that choosing one can become overwhelming. Below are some of my favorite books about running. What are yours? Born to Run...
by david | Dec 5, 2013 | endurance training, sports physical therapy
An interesting study was recently published online in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. The Luxembourg researchers tried to determine if running with different shoes reduced the risk of injury for recreational runners. Of the 264...
by david | Nov 4, 2013 | endurance training, health & fitness
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen looked at a unique situation (that most of us don’t find ourselves us in) . . . namely, what happens when people run a marathon? Everyday. For seven straight days. Surprisingly, not as much as you’d guess! Ten...
by david | Aug 13, 2013 | endurance training, strength & conditioning
“Master athletes are a great example of successful aging.” There are many ways to improve a runners ability to run. Efficient gait, proper training, strength training . . . wait, strength training? Isn’t that heresy? Runners don’t weight...
by david | Jul 9, 2013 | endurance training, sports physical therapy
Really nice article on gait re-training (from Lower Extremity Review). Retraining fixes faulty gait in injured runners. Although the technique is still in its infancy, early research suggests gait retraining can be used to address medial collapse, primarily in runners...