Priscah Jeptoe is a Kenyan distance-runner who specialises in the marathon. She has won marathons in New York, Paris, Turin, and London in 2013, and has a PB of 2:20:14. I met Jeptoe in 2011, she’s tiny!…but what a fantastic runner. However the thing that most people comment on is her ‘running form’. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHU5BPjyweo There has…
Here’s a short yet interesting piece written by Craig Payne over at Running Research Junkie. MTSS is one of the most common running injuries i see, and risk factors can be multifactoral. Personally i like ‘quick-fixes’ like medial shoe wedging during the acute/ reactive stages of an initial bout of shin splints. For more persistent…
Improving running form can mean fewer injuries and improved running performance… but what about shoes? Shoe designs are becoming more minimalist, aiming to encourage us to run with a more natural or efficient running form. Are shoes important? If shoes can potentially help us to run better then should we alter our footwear before or…