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Register now for CRWP’s Earth Day 5K Fun Run/Walk

earth day 5kThe Cannon River Watershed Partnership invites you to join us in celebrating Earth Day by taking part in the 2011 Earth Day 5 K Fun Run/Walk along the beautiful Sakatah Singing Hills Trail by Cannon Lake in Faribault, Minnesota on Saturday April 23rd, 2011. 

Day of event registration begins at 8:00 AM. The run/walk starts at 9:00 AM.  We’ll start and end the race at Rice County’s Shager Park.  For registration and more details, see this event info page.  All proceeds will benefit Cannon River Watershed Partnership.

Running without running shoes

Born to Run coverThis summer I read Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen by Christopher McDougall and loved it. It’s a great story, plus a real eye-opener.

I’ve always hated running since it hurt my knees. But I’m now running since I learned a different running style (this running on ice video did it for me) and that running shoes are part of the problem.  See these recent NY Times articles: The Human Body Is Built for Distance; Have you run barefoot?; Wiggling Their Toes at the Shoe Giants.

With all the runners in Northfield, it’s made me wonder: do the local high school and college running coaches and running groups like the Band of 10,000 Aches teach this stuff?