tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post8137901188873369116..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: The natural history of runningJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-71813068888040836832009-09-02T17:23:38.814-04:002009-09-02T17:23:38.814-04:00Great post about a great-looking book. It sits on ...Great post about a great-looking book. It sits on my shelf awaiting an opportune moment, sometime before this year's NYC Marathon. Thanks for the preview!<br /><br />Becca, as for heel vs forefoot striking - the best wisdom I've seen on the issue says just run naturally. The many first-hand stories I've heard about trying to change your footstrike involve injury and time out. Here's a good start on the subject:<br />http://runwestchester.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/one-foot-in-front-of-the-other-and-go/Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15639786875911285510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-18113174279025303032009-09-01T06:41:08.655-04:002009-09-01T06:41:08.655-04:00Oh, and I'm very curious about your thoughts o...Oh, and I'm very curious about your thoughts on the heel/midfoot landing issue, which I can't quite understand--I keep experimenting with landing on that front part of my foot which has a really obvious name which I'm blanking on, but it just feels so awkward.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002802440403969922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-5024890165649064192009-09-01T06:39:31.957-04:002009-09-01T06:39:31.957-04:00So tangential it barely touches, the connection be...So tangential it barely touches, the connection being the camel's hump of back fat, I just read about how the British in the colonies would make their children wear back pads under their clothes to protect them from the sun--which seemed totally odd and unfounded, but perhaps the camels and the colonials were onto something.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002802440403969922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-15598134770896352052009-08-31T23:23:52.366-04:002009-08-31T23:23:52.366-04:00I remember a relatively recent edition of this boo...I remember a relatively recent edition of this book being covered in the NYRB, with a great photo of Henrich--which, if it's not reproduced in the book is worth digging up a hard copy of that issue to see--near the end of that 1981 ultra marathon, looking for all the world at least as comfortable as I look around mile 10 of a normal run.Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.com