Natural Running Center

More people are running in marathons and half-marathons than ever before. So it’s always interesting to read in the press the latest medical study that found that running too many miles over one’s lifetime could be dangerous for the heart and lead to an early death. That’s bad news for those of us addicted to [Read more...]

Natural Running Center’s shoe review editor Nick Pang also helms the website Minimalist Running Shoes, which goes into great, useful detail about all the new shoes now hurtling through the commercial pipeline. Nick’s shoe database is much larger than NRC’s, and includes many shoes in the casual, walking, lifestyle and even golf category. I often [Read more...]

The Natural Running Center has an extensive data base of running shoes on our site. But as a further service to runners, we will now be featuring short, up-to-date, wear-tested shoe reviews by our shoe editor Nick Pang who also helms MinimalistRunningShoes.org. *** U.K.-based Inov-8 introduces TrailRoc, a new range of trail running shoes designed [Read more...]

In less than two weeks,  around 30,000 runners will participate in the Marine Corps Marathon, which is now the fifth largest 26.2-mile race of its kind in the U.S., trailing behind New York City, Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles. Nearly half of these MCM runners are first-time marathoners. When Oprah ran in this race in [Read more...]

  The New York Times recently published a short essay by veteran running icons Amby Burfoot and George Hirsch, “The Honorable Clan of the Long-Distance Runner,” that considered today’s marathon runner in the wake of fabricated times (yes, that means you Rep. Paul Ryan) and the 26.2-mile race’s continued popularity. “There are no shortcuts to [Read more...]

Planet Wild Launches! It’s a new adventure, travel and fitness site that will bring readers and multisport athletes an even greater taste of the great outdoors. Editor and founder is Bill Katovsky, and the site is done in conjunction with RailRiders Adventure Clothing. Feature Stories Include: Amazon Crossing: Mickey Grosman’s 5,000-Mile Quest Becoming a Navy [Read more...]

Jeremy Johnson, a three-time All-American and two-time USA national XC team member, received his Masters of Science Degree in Applied Mathematics at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 2007 and 2008, he was University of New Mexico’s Male Track and
 Field Athlete of the Year. His PRs are impressive: 13:35.13  for [Read more...]

Wow. What a wonderful, dizzying past two weeks it’s been as many of the world’s greatest athletes competed in the London 2012 Olympics. The running events were especially exciting to watch (online or live for the lucky spectators); from the sprints to the middle and long-distance, the races were epic and inspirational. Who can ever [Read more...]

The color green, or rather an eye-popping fusion of lemon and lime green took center stage at the track and field events at the London 2012 Olympic Games. This “green” is the new gold. The reason? Look to the athletes’ feet. Many are wearing shoes from the new “Nike Volt Collection.” About the only runner [Read more...]

Please visit our Facebook page here (and please don’t forget to “like” us if you haven’t already). You will find photos as well as links to a number of articles about the Olympics. Additionally, as you scroll down the timeline, you will find articles and photos on a wide range of running and health topics, [Read more...]