May 8, 2012 - Canadian Running Magazine

Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto broke the 25K world record on Sunday, clocking 1:11:18 at a road race in Berlin.

Claire Lomas will finish the London Marathon on Tuesday, 16 days after the race began, wearing a bionic exoskeleton suit.

I had always been into barefooting as a way to develop strong blister-free feet and generally strengthen the legs, but as I experimented with barefoot running, I began to think that there was more to running injury free than simply losing the shoes. Together with Amy Barnett, who handled strength and conditioning for Adrenaline Rush Athletics in Calgary we designed a study to test the role core strength played in maintaining a natural running gait and preventing breakdown and injury over distance.