A list of 20 running tips. Good for beginners but not only!

Running is a largely aerobic sport: your energy gets delivered through the lungs. How can we maximize the use of our lungs, i.e. our breathing in running?

Every runner that I know puts a value on injury prevention. When you’re healthy, your running is uninterrupted, consistent, and you start making bigger strides toward your goals

Helpful tips and techniques for avoiding common running injuries, broken down by body region and common complaints. Part II of

One of the most admirable qualities of a distance runner is ambition. Beginners often start thinking about running their first 10k within months of discovering the pleasures of running. And sometimes, those who have just run their first 10k immediately start planning for their first half-marathon or marathon

Helpful tips and techniques for avoiding common running injuries, broken down by body region and common complaints. Part I of

Runners with weight loss goals are faced with two opposing options: they either can eat whatever comes their way and compromise their weight loss efforts, or not to eat at all and thus, sacrifice energy and running performance. Nevertheless, the solution is not all white and black.

When I started running over half a century ago, one of the rules most athletic coaches accepted (believe it or not!) was that if you’re running on a hot day, you shouldn’t drink cold water

There are a number of injuries that afflict female runners more than male runners. Here we explore four of those, with a brief description of each

If you run on trails, one of the most important skills you need to have is knowing how not to sprain an ankle or break one of those 26 beautiful bones you have in each foot

Achilles tendonitis and tendon rupture: two of the most common medical problems which can occur with the Achilles tendon

In my 54 years of running long-distance races, my feet and I have had a lot of adventures together. Sometimes, looking back, I feel guilty about how badly I treated them when I was young

I’ve been running competitively for over 54 consecutive years, and still love it! My knees, back, and feet still feel as good as they did when I was 16, and I don’t think that’s just luck.

Runners are understandably very interested in the topic of running shoes, since without running shoes most runners would be unable to train, or at least train with any significant mileage. Or would they?

Continuity in running is important and improvement in performance is often gradual over a period of time but can also be experienced as a step change in performance. This happened to me during the 2010 running season after a few years of regular running but without much development. All of a sudden I reached goals I had had for a long time.

Why do so many people fail in their efforts to learn and adopt Pose Running Technique? A lot of people start learning Pose, but most do not succeed. Why? Based on my experience, here are my opinions on this question.

There is a lot of confusion out there on the specifics about Pose Running Technique. I’ll do my best not add to that confusion with this brief overview, but unfortunately Pose Running Technique is “deceptively simple”, and there is a lot of subtlety that is difficult to convey within a few paragraphs. However, always keep in mind that it is designed to maximize the use of gravity via falling, and to minimize the drag of gravity via counterbalance.

All over the Internet, in running circles, there has been a lot of discussion about Pose Running and Dr. Nicholas Romanov who is the creator of the Pose Method®. Based on what I’ve read, there is a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about what Pose Running is and the theory behind it. This confusion is not just confined to those who are skeptical of Pose, but it is even present among those who are open to the technique and Dr. Romanov’s ideas. So what exactly is Pose Running Technique? To answer that question, I have to answer some questions that generally go unasked. Firstly, who is Dr. Nicholas Romanov, and how did he develop Pose Running Technique? Secondly, what is the Pose Method®? And finally, what is Pose Theory?