Laird Harrison

Category: running

  • Despite that Army Study, I Still Like Barefoot Running

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    Irene Davis took off her sandal for me last week. She wriggled her toes. We were in the press room of the American College of Sports Medicine, and she wanted to show me a “doming” exercise you can use to prevent injuries if you run barefoot. A Doming Video by Richard Blake Researchers like Davis,…

  • How I Cured Runner’s Knee in 220,233 Steps

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    If you keep doing sports long enough, you discover your Achilles’ heel: the injury that keeps coming back no matter how long you rest, ice the pain and dose yourself with ibuprofen. Finally, I think I’ve solved mine. And I want to help solve yours, too. Runner’s knee (patellofemoral syndrome) first hit me when I…