a) outside magazine has an article about barefoot running, which dovetailed nicely with some of my lessons from the running workshop over the weekend. one stat i heard over the weekend - running has something like an 80% injury rate (which places it at the same frequency as football, though obviously the severities are probably different). that's because we've been buying shoes to correct many of our faults, and the more technology improves, the worse our form is allowed to get. but people are figuring this out, and now every major shoe company has a barefoot-like offering in this season's line-up. one estimate is that barefoot running shoes could make up 25% of the market in a year as people catch on. i wear vibram's and run injury free.
b) triathlete magazine has an article on crossfit. another discussion of the "less is more" approach to endurance. here's a summary:
http://triathlon.competitor.com/2011/01/training/go-inside-one-triathletes-venture-into-crossfit-endurance_18648
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