Modern society has seemingly decided that barefoot runners, including runners that don the weird/gross-looking Vibram FiveFingers shoes, may know the secret to injury-free running, but nobody will listen to them because they’re such extremists. But the injury statistics show that out of all current runners, 79 per cent of them are injured every year. That’s insane. We’re obviously doing something wrong. More »
iOS only: Nike+, the popular run-tracking system that utilises an iPhone/iPod Touch and a sensor chip placed in your shoe, has released a new version that doesn’t require a single-use chip and also provides GPS mapping for social exercise management. More »
Stretching, especially the static reach-and-hold kind we’ve previously suggested was all wrong, had virtually no effect on injury prevention in a study of 1400 runners, ages 13 to over 60. Not only that, but stretching could actually hurt your workout. More »
With all the ways you can track your run and great mobile fitness options, we’re sitting on a ton of data about our exercise. Blogger René Ghosh has figured out how to use his data to predict future injuries. More »
