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I agreed to be a keynote speaker at the 2011 International Sport Science Congress for both the assembled Societies of Biomechanics and Pedorthics in conjunction with the Pre-Olympic IAAF (World Track & Field) Championships in Daegu, Korea. Our middle daughter, Kellyn, who is accompanying me on the trip, took this picture while perched on another […]

The Charlottesville Daily Progress staff was kind enough to send us the digital version of the article written by David Maurer with photographs taken by Andrew Shurtleff. Thank you David and Andrew for putting together such a magnificent article. Note: If you click anywhere on the article, the full, readable jpeg file of that page […]

The spectacular North American Continental Divide at Loveland Pass, Colorado. And OESH Classic. Featuring the big right foot of remarkable OESHer Will Cooke. Any questions on whether OESH can handle altitude? Or look great on a guy?

Things have been crazy busy since Sunday when this article on OESH was published in our local newspaper, the Charlottesville Daily Progress. Dave Maurer, who composed the article, is an amazing writer. After spending a bit of time with me and Bob, he whipped up what I believe to be the best story of OESH ever […]

I recently wrote an article entitled “When exactly do injuries occur in walking and running?” that Paul Ingraham published Friday on his highly informative website on pain related issues. (Recall Paul recently wrote a guest post for OESH here). The article got some really nice attention over in the world of pain science this weekend. […]

I recently was introduced to Zumba by OESHer, Ann Mangino, a Zumba expert and enthusiast who does Zumba as her go-to everyday workout. Zumba is a Latin-inspired dance fitness program created by dancer Alberto Perez in Colombia during the 1990s who took it to the United States in the 2000’s where it has become very popular […]

Pete Larson who writes a terrific, informative blog on all things running, asked me to put together a post on stress fractures in barefoot runners, which he posted here. In that article I talk specifically about second metatarsal fractures though what I describe relates to stress fractures throughout the entire lower extremity. Stress fractures are common […]

One of our favorite people here at hq is Remarkable OESHer Carrie Lane. Carrie has been involved in coaching elite (D-1 and the occasional legendary Olympian) throwers for a few years at the University of Virginia. She is probably the best in the world at what she does so well, which is to get that […]

My friend Bill Katovsky over at Zero Drop asked me to comment on this New York Times article published today that basically lambasted toner shoes. The article starts by discussing a recent study showing that toning shoes really don’t burn more calories despite marketing claims (no surprise). Then it cites research showing that toning shoes really don’t […]