Boulder to London

A good friend of mine recommended a book a few months ago that I just got around to buying before my recent flight from Chicago to Helena.  The book is called ‘Born to Run’ by Christopher McDougall and if you’re a runner, it is a must read.  The premise of the book is that humans have evolved to be superior distance runners and that a lot of what we (or at least I) have been told by doctors, shoe sales people and other runners could be completely wrong.  We’ll see if it works for me, but I gave it my first try today by taking the custom $350 orthotics out of my $100 running shoes to see if I could get the persistent pain in my left foot / ankle to go away.  No I didn’t replace the orthotics with the factory footbed…instead I ran my 5 miles with the least support possible!  I wouldn’t have never believed it, but it’s worth a try…nothing else has worked and there are enough examples in the book to make me believe that this is more fact than theory including some from personal experience.  For example, when I was marathon training, I was never injured until I bought a pair of $120 Asics Gel Kayano.  Prior to that I had always run on the $45 cheaper models.  Anyway, give the book a read.  It’s a good story either way and has roots in Boulder, CO!