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Westminster,CO,USA

Member Since:

Nov 11, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Finally started learning how to run in '09 after totally botching it up for the 14 years prior and dealing with chronic IT injury...have had zero IT band pain since fall of '09 and have run way more than ever before in my life...loving it.

PR's

Road Mile: 4:44 - Pearl St Mile August 2011

2K: 6:32 - Uni HIll 2K 2011

3K: 10:07 - West end 3K 2011

5K - 16:53 - Turkey Leg 5K 2011

10K - 38:38 - Butte to Butte Eugene OR 2003

Half - Never raced a half

Road Marathon - 2:57:19 - 11/12/2011 - solo.

Trail Marathon - 4:48 - Kings peak August 2011

55K - 4:59:54 - Moab red hot 55K 2011

Short-Term Running Goals:

Be healthy, run injury-free, listen to my body.

Sub 16 min 5K

Sub 34 min 10K

Sub 2:40 Marathon

2012 Tentative Schedule

Quicker Quaker 5K January
Boston Marathon - April
??

Long-Term Running Goals:

Get stronger, faster and more fit as a runner and biker to allow for bigger adventures as the years go on.

Still be running in my 80's.

Personal:

I'm married to Nan Kennard and she kicks my butt at running. She has beat me handily in every race we have done together except for a downhill mile we did once. She is my running inspiration. I'd like to run a marathon with her someday and actually keep up.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Bare Feet Lifetime Miles:						282.68
Cycling 2011 Lifetime Miles:						291.40
Altra Instinct July '10 Lifetime Miles:						637.35
Altra Instinct Sep '11 Lifetime Miles:						481.45
Altra Lone Peak Lifetime Miles:						157.50
Altra Instinct Black Lifetime Miles:						69.00
Altra Adam Lifetime Miles:						27.50

Wed, Jan 27, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
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Barefoot and Minimalist footwear running study just published by Harvard

A study was just barely published in “NATURE, a scientific journal”. There’s a corresponding website detailing the study that is well done in my opinion. It is based on the findings of their research and pretty clearly states what things there are not enough evidence or research for.

Check it out!…

http://barefootrunning.fas.harvard.edu/index.html

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From jun on Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:37:09 from 66.239.250.209

Time just published a one page article on barefoot running. They referenced a study done by the American Journal of Physical Therapy or something like that. Once again, they have shown that running barefoot or in minimalist shoes reduces the amount of pressure and impact placed on the legs, hips, and back. I haven't had a chance to look up the actual research, but the point is that more and more research is being done to prove that a mid-foot/forefoot strike and/or barefootish running is better than running in fancy shoes with a heel strike. While barefooting and VFFs are certainly a fad for most people, it is driving the theories of running in the right direction.

From redrooster on Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 14:22:57 from 129.123.3.31

not just a scientific journal but the world's premier (top) scientific journal for publication of seminal (breakthrough) discoveries. Pretty impressive.

I have a personal email I got from Dan Lieberman last spring where I discussed running in five fingers with him if you are interested in reading it. It was his advice that convinced me to start doing it in earnest. Nice guy too.

From Aaron Kennard on Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 14:41:01 from 174.51.250.151

jun - I think you're right about the direction. I look forward to seeing the way footwear options in general improve in the coming years.

rooster - yeah, that would be cool to see his email...thanks. my email is aaronkennard@gmail.com

From redrooster on Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 14:53:27 from 129.123.3.31

Aaron, go to the discussions board and see the thread I started yesterday on barefoot running about Liebermans article. You might want to write a comment there, Sean Sundwall is interested in how people experience the FFs.

I will forward you Lieberman's email. I will also send you the original Nature article if you want (I have a subscription to Nature so have the article). Scott

From Aaron Kennard on Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 14:57:38 from 174.51.250.151

that would be great if you can send me the original article also! I don't have a subscription.

From redrooster on Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 15:12:39 from 129.123.3.31

I just sent you the email and the article from my yahoo account (renegade_rooster at yahoo dot com) to your gmail account. check your junk mail in case it got routed there or something!

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