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Where to buy your Inov 8′s

by Andrew December 1, 2011 Barefoot Running

Hi Guys and Girls, I get a lot of questions about where to buy Inov 8′s Here  are some resources ( a nice mix of real shops and internet suppliers) Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports Ltd (Covent Garden) 3-11 Southampton Street Covent Garden London WC2E 7HA Tel: 0207 395 1010 www.ellis-brigham.com   This store has the [...]

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The real running experts

by Andrew November 26, 2011 Barefoot Running
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Crossfit London (UK) once again consolidated its position as one of the formost London groups effectively supporting the capital’s runners: in a marketplace where runners are bombarded by the simplistic nonsense of  charlatans, the increasingly popular Crossfit London running clinics assemble the experts you need to hear. You get to listen to nationally ranked and [...]

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Crossfit London Running Seminar

by Andrew August 31, 2011 Barefoot Running

I’m delighted to announce the 1st of our skill sessions for our members and, (in this case ) outside visitors. We hope to hold a monthly running seminar where you can learn and/or refresh your POSE running technique, learn valuable injury prevention/treatment ideas and meet other open and willing to share runners. Hopefully this will [...]

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Whats in a sandbag…

by Andrew August 24, 2011 Barefoot Running
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if girls are made of sugar and spice and all things nice, and boys are made of slugs and snails and puppy dog tails, what are sandbags made of? Well, unsurprisingly, sand, mainly. But , also a dose of “escalating inconvenience” otherwise known as something that gets heavier  as you go, combined with increasing awkwardness. [...]

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Exercise-related transient abdominal pain” Opps, I’ve got a running stitch

by Andrew July 31, 2011 Articles
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For those of you who enjoy a bit of science while suffering should read  MORTON, D. P., and R. CALLISTER. Characteristics and Etiology of exercise-related transient abdominal pain. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 432-438. Is as good a place as any to begin to get up to date with what causes the stitch. [...]

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A running Opportunity

by Andrew July 29, 2011 Barefoot Running
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Hi All, an interesting running opportunity My name is Rose and I am writing from a charity called Elephant Family, the UK’s leading fundraiser for the Asian elephant. I am writing with an opportunity that may interest your fitness centre as a target to work towards. We are recruiting runners for the Royal Parks Half [...]

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Up your 5k time

by Andrew June 9, 2011 Barefoot Running
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There comes a time in every runners life where they go, “you know what,  I know i can jog that 5k, now i need to do it faster”. And thats not surprising, after all 5k is based on a race, and races are based around how fast you are, Now, the chances are that  you [...]

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CFE 31st May: back to 400m & change in schedule!

by Efe June 1, 2011 Barefoot Running

FIRST OFF: FYI Tuesdays CFE session will now be at the same time on Wednesdays! Sorry for the inconvenience, and hopefully the new slot will still work for everyone! After Saturday’s CFE class getting together to run 2 800 intervals,today the team ran 4 400 metres intervals.   When you’re 200 metres or so into [...]

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Crossfit Endurance 17th May: 400m sprints

by Efe May 17, 2011 Barefoot Running

The Crossfit Endurance class met this Tuesday for another session of skill drills and intense interval running. This turned out to be just Ruairi, who bravely faced the prospect of running in Bethnal Green in the rain. Luckily we were spared a drenching. There are several forces acting on the body when running: Gravity; Ground [...]

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Running Club 3rd May: DEATH by 10 metres!

by Efe May 4, 2011 Barefoot Running

  In this weeks running club we worked on a couple of important issues with our pose running drills. 1) What part of the foot do we land on? The ball of the foot, which is slightly forward of the arch. Our heels should lightly “kiss” the ground after the BoF makes contact with the [...]

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Running Club night….

by Andrew April 5, 2011 Barefoot Running
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It was a packed evening of Pose Running drills, stretches and fast 600m… what else do you want from a running club other than technical enhancement, genuine development of your aerobic capacity, great teaching and motivation… and mediocre photography.   A great evening headed up by our lovely Efe, with encouragement and support from Trevor. [...]

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