School of Running

Barefoot/Forefoot runners have a “smoother” ride: Difference in collision forces : Barefoot runners “take shorter strides and to run with g...

THE first big study on barefoot running in Nature : Death to Heel striking. The barefoot debate is about to get a little bit hotter. A ne...

Tying it together with elites :  Looking at elite athletes, when racing and training, they generally have higher turnover, minimal ground c...

Maria Underestimating our Body: Impact forces as feedbac k: Back to the question I asked earlier: How can impact forces not change base...

Katherine Cushioning: Impact forces are the other major scoundrel of running injuries. The thinking goes like this, the greater the impac...

Jennifer Why Running shoes do not work: Looking at Pronation, Cushioning, Motion Control and Barefoot running The running shoe model ...

What's on in the next couple of weeks: Monday 31 May : Parliament House 4:30pm 8k jog; 5:30pm interval training. Wednesday 2 June : 1...

Running - on Friday I was happy to get well under 21 minutes again for the Customs 5k. Since then I have been a bit slack, yesterday we atte...

In 2009 the theme was "Transformation" for which I wrote a whole lot of stuff, which you can find via "Labels". Before...

Training at Dickson last night: mild with no breeze, perfect for running. Craig & I  went early, then we were joined by Brett L, Brett ...

I was sent these, thank you to the sender! If you want to see the full set of neologisms, check out "Labels", which you will find ...

The annual general meeting of the ACTVAC was held last night. There were about 50 or so members present - a 10% turnout, which I guess refle...

For the last couple of years I have been suggesting that the many of the speedygeese focus on increasing their running tempo, with the goal...

Happy Birthday Ruth! Sixty today! What's on this week: (updated Mondays) Monday 24 May: Parliament House 4:30pm 8k jog; 5:30pm inter...

There's plenty of good we can do. ACTVAC annual general meeting. Please come to the club’s Annual General Meeting with special guest ...

There seem to be "too many birds" around on these early Canberra morning runs. ;) Galahs squawking, cockatoos screeching, ducks a...

Last week's Customs 5k times Geoff Moore 21:43 Yili Zhu 21:46 Kym Chisholm 21:54 Bronwyn Calver 23:27 Caroline Campbell  27:03 ...

Dickson training tonight and next week will be the last of the "two lap handicaps", before we move on to the next phase of traini...

Roger bringing home the 4 hour group Ruth running in. Not quite keeping up with Roger, maybe next time! When Ruth runs her next race...

Amy Pond is my new pin-up girl. I would hate to think she might be phased out before the end of this series of Doctor Who? But Kelley Flo...