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It’s nice to see some research on the subject of barefoot running.
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Scientific research is hugely beneficial to the advancement read more
The main site now has a beginner’s 10k training plan available for a free download.
This follows on from the 5k program and again follows an 8-week schedule.
The UK newspaper, the Daily Express published an article about barefoot running today. In some ways it was quite comical: the writer starts off by saying, “My first barefoot run is on a freezing cold winter’s day along the icy path that cuts its way through a south London read more
There have been some interesting stories about barefoot running in the British newspapers during the last week.
Ben Fogle, writing in the The Daily Telegraph, explains that despite the recent popularity of the book, ‘Born to Run’, the big running shoe manufacturers remain unconvinced. The article goes on to say that the industry warns that ‘the fad is a campaign by a fringe sector read more
We’ve now uploaded our first free training plan to the main site on the downloadable training plans page.
It is a plan for absolute beginners — those who want to start running. Suitable for people who would like to lose a bit of weight or just to get a little fitter and more healthy. It’s an 8 week program, turning the non-runner to someone who can run 5k (or just over 3 miles) without read more
Earlier this year, the comedian, Eddie Izzard, completed a running feat that astonished just about everyone who heard about it; this was especially true amongst the running community. Any runner knows how hard it is to run a marathon. But what about running more than one marathon? Maybe 2 in a week, or 2 on consecutive days. The famous explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes famously ran 7 marathons in 7 read more
