Running Coaches That Don’t Teach Running Form Are Not Coaches. They Are Managers.

The coaching of good running form has fallen out of favor for many running coaches, especially at the sub-collegiate level.  Years ago, it was commonplace for a running coach to teach the elements of good form- good posture, quick turnover, etc.  With the proliferation of fitness research, good form fell out of favor.  Coaches instead focused on building speed through increasing Vo2 max, optimizing training runs, diet, periodization, and other familiar concepts.

Unfortunately this move has resulted Read More...

Who Should Be Responsible For Teaching Better Running Form?

There aren’t too many people that disagree there is such thing as “good running form.”  Most of these people would also agree “good form” consists of a few variables, such as good posture, shorter stride, higher cadence, and relaxed, fluid movements.

It’s obvious not everyone does this.  In fact, most people (talking to you road runners) still run with a slow, loping gait with the foot landing way in front of the body and a heavy heel Read More...

Dr. Mark’s New How-To Barefoot Video, Why We Run Ultras

Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, a friend and director of the Natural Running Center (among his 100 other titles), produced an excellent video that describes and explains how and why natural running should be developed.  I would HIGHLY recommend any new or experienced barefoot or minimalist shoe runners check it out:

Running Ultras

When people find out you run ultras, they ask two questions:

1. Why do you run that far? and

2. What do Read More...

Details of Pacific NW Clinics

Here are the final details for the Merrell Bareform clinics over the next few days:

Wednesday, February 29th:

Super Jock and Jill- 7210 E Greenlake Dr. N, Seattle WA 98115, 8:45-9:45am
Born to Run- 213 Yale St. , Seattle, 6:30pm

Thursday, March 1st: Foot Traffic Group Run, 824 Southwest 2nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97204, 5:30pm
Saturday, March 3rd: Clinic in Boise – Shu’s Idaho Running Company, 1758 W. State St., Boise, ID 83702, 7:30 trail run, 10k at 9am, clinic at store following runs

If Read More...

Barefoot Runners Society Update and West Coast Tour

Here’s an update on the state of the Barefoot Runners Society.  The team that has been managing the site and organization are in the process of setting up the new site.  There are two significant hurdles:

The old hosting software (Drupal) sucked, which was a frequent complaint.  Unfortunately it is difficult to move anything from Drupal (further demonstrating its suckiness quotient).  It was important to everyone to preserve all member forum and blog posts.  I was originally in favor Read More...

Southern California Clinics, Susan G. Komen, and BRU

Multiple news post time!

Bareform Clinics!

First, we finally have the dates and times for our next two Southern California clinics:

Saturday, February 25th from 10-2 @ Running Skirts flagship store, 676 2nd Street, Encinitas, CA 92024
(760) 230-8187
Sunday, February 26th (morning, exact time to be announced) @ Pt. Magu State Park as part of the Malibu Day and Midnight Madness event (I think we’re doing a course preview).  I’ve heard multiple people say the half Read More...

Very Tentative 2012 Schedule of Clinics, Races, and Events

We’ve been working on our schedule for about a month.  It looks like we have a pretty good grasp on the tentative schedule.  The exact , time, and location of clinics will be announced here, on Facebook, and on Twitter.  Additional clinics will be added as we get closer to the events or races.  This is what it looks like as of right now:

Series of clinics in Southern California, Northern California, Seattle, Boise, and Portland (tentative, Read More...