Runningmonkeys

Subsequent to my post regarding the “Militant” group of barefoot runners, I have been in contact with Barefoot Ken Bob who runs the site.  His site  has some very interesting things to say about running barefoot and he particularly directed me to an article on his site, by Dr Nicholas Romanov (who wrote The Pose Method of […]

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I love running.  In fact I love a whole lot of active pursuits.  That is why I used to question the value of a day off training.
Why would I want to deliberately stop myself from doing what I love?  Would I not be harming my progress and holding myself back if I don’t train every […]

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Marketing type people will tell you that the best shoe communicates your chosen  lifestyle, most accurately.
Retail salespeople will tell you that the best shoe is defined by product gimmicks.
The world will tell you that the best shoe depends on how successful you see yourself.
Reality will tell you that the best shoe is simply which ever shoe does […]

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I’ve just been reading a paper by a couple called Bernard and Veronique Cova called Tribal aspects of Post Modern Consumption research : The case of French In-line Skaters.
They describe the way that this category of people, the cultural group brought together  in the name of in-line skating, has formed more of a tribe situation rather […]

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I am a big fan of barefoot running.  It can be fun, relaxing and can definitely help you get your feet into shape.  When I get the chance I use it, when I don’t, I don’t.
However, I have just come across these guys.  Running Barefoot.org is a site specifically set up for barefoot runners (you could probably guess that!) […]

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The other day I received an email from a nice lady called Rosemary.  She had the pleasant job of informing me that I had won a million euros in a lottery based in the Netherlands.
I was particularly surprised since I don’t remember ever entering a lottery based in the Netherlands, but her helpful email explained […]

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Everyone is looking for ways to achieve their goals faster.  If your goal is to increase your running speed, then this may be your answer.
There are only two possible ways to increase the speed that you travel at:

Travel further in each step
Take more steps per minute

Pretty simple stuff really.
The first is dangerous and difficult to achieve.  […]

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This is officially the rainy season here in my part of Japan.  That means moderate to hot temperatures with very high humidity.  On some days the humidity is so severe that it is difficult to tell when it has actually started raining.  I continue to sweat for about an hour after running and there is […]

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The Pose Method of Running is designed to make me run faster.  Gradually it is achieving this.
The VDOT concept (by Jack Daniels) is  designed to compare running intensities.  It does this by allocating a number on a scale to a group of comparable finish times (over different distances). 
What happens when these two principles meet?

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Today I realised another small milestone in the gradual process of mastering the Pose Method of Running.  This evening in the dark, hot and humid streets of downtown Tsukuba, I ran on my forefeet non-stop for 8 kilometres. 
This mightn’t sound too exciting to you, but believe me I am excited.  Over the last few weeks […]

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