A Passion for Running

Welcome to the home of Mark aka The Running Blogfather – a 40 year-old dad, husband and marathon runner who's beaten injury and is on the comeback trail!

astounding

passion for running category: barefoot running,running on Wednesday, March 29 2006

This article blew my mind – and not just because of the barefoot running angle. Pay attention to some of the numbers in the article. woa – I am so lame with my six marathons!



adidas updates its computer controlled running shoe

passion for running category: barefoot running,opinion,running on Sunday, November 27 2005

I picked on Nike and Oprah in my last post so why not Adidas today.

Adidas updates its computer controlled running shoe

Great, just great. Let’s do everything we can to weaken our feet and get them further and further disconnected from what nature intended – to make contact with the ground.



oprah winfrey misinformed?

passion for running category: barefoot running,opinion,running on Wednesday, November 23 2005

Forgive me Oprah. You are the goddess of daytime tv and someone I respect very much but I think you’ve missed the point on something.

On November 21st, Oprah Winfrey aired her annual Favorite Things episode. It was a very good show (I’ll take one of those cool new black iPods please!), but I got a little miffed at one of her choices – not so much because of the fact it was on the list as for the reason it got on the list. (Read on …)



ken bob saxton barefoot at ny marathon

passion for running category: barefoot running,running on Tuesday, November 8 2005

This is a terrific video feature on barefoot running. Way to go Ken Bob!



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