Dr. Mark joins us to chat about many thinks including:

• Shoe Doping -Can shoe technology help us run faster?  Check out his article
  • New York Times article on the Vapor Fly
  • "Shoe Dog - A Memoir by the Creator of Nike"
• Active Life's Kone-X mat
• Noboso proprioceptive insoles
• Jay Dicharry's MoBo Board Review.  You can get a 10% discount on our partners page
• How to improve your running form with the TruForm Runner.  You can get 10% discount with the code TRT10 at TruFormRunner.com
• Dr. Mark's Run for Your Life Podcast
• Dr. Mark's book, "Run for Your Life"

Make sure you watch his 8:25 Video that show the principles of natural running.

Be sure to spend some time learning at The Natural Running Center web site.

Visit Two Rivers Treads running store either in person or call them and ask them some questions!

Ian Sharman, Joe Uhan and Matt Laye return to Trail Runner Nation to discuss some interesting topics including:

• Assessing your running stride yourself. Article by Joe
• Identifying ourselves as ultra runners (see Ian's article in this month's Ultrarunning Magazine)
• Challenges of Cold Weather Running (see Matt's article in this month's Ultrarunning Magazine)

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College of Idaho with Assistant Professor, Matt Laye

Sharman Ultra - Endurance Coaching

Uhan Performance

Last year Katie Arnold won the Leadville 100.  She also recently published her first book, Running Home, a Memoir.  Katie writes about her journey in this life so far while weaving in many common threads, one of those is her passion for the outdoors and trail running.  We talk about how running has helped her navigate her life, the ups, downs and heartbreaks.  Running is a way she was able to disconnect AND connect.

What shoe did you run your first trail run in?  What shoe do you currently pine for?  We all love our shoes and probably have an unhealthy collection of shoes.  Brian Metzler, a running shoe geek for his entire life, joins The Nation to talk about SHOES....Oh the glorious shoes.  Over his life he has run over 75,000 miles and tested more than 1500 pairs.  As founding editor and associate publisher of Trail Runner Magazine and contributor at many other running magazines, he has a unique view of the history of shoes.  He finally wrote a book about shoes.  The history of shoes, why we are emotionally attached to them, their evolution, injury, and what we can expect in the future.

Buy the book HERE