Bike Riding Lesson from Geoffrey Badner on Vimeo.
Here’s me showing my daughter how to ride without training wheels. Do they make Barbie aerobars?
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Movie: Runners High
Watched an awesome and inspiring documentary last night, Runners High. It’s a feature-length film about the Students Run Oakland program. SRO takes kids from under-served public schools in Oakland and works with them to run the LA Marathon.
When teenagers from one of the nation’s toughest neighborhoods in Oakland, California sign up to train for a marathon, they begin the journey of a lifetime. Runners High is an intimate, character driven documentary of struggle, courage, and hope. During a season filled with conflict and possibility, four of these teens bare their dreams, joys, tears and fears. As several stumble under pressure in emotionally charged moments, others realize the journey begins with the power and commitment to accept responsibility for their own futures. Runners High shows that no matter what happens next, one season of training to run 26.2 miles can change your life forever.
For a preview, check out the trailer and/or visit the movie website. You can order a DVD, but I downloaded the movie from iTunes which is easier.
I’ve been looking for a program like this in NYC, but have only been able to find the NYRR Youth Foundation which logistically doesn’t work for me. If anyone knows of a different group in or around Brooklyn, please let me know.
Tagged movie, students run oakland, video
Barefoot Running With Lee Saxby
Just came across this video from Terra Plana. They are the “alternative” source for barefoot shoes if you don’t want to wear the ridiculous-looking Vibram FiveFingers (VFF) which I, admittedly, own a pair of.
Like the VFFs, Terra Plana’s new Evo shoe is marketed towards the barefoot running crowd. But, unlike Vibram who leave it up to the consumer to figure out how to run in them, Terra Plana has produced this video to help. Done with natural fitness guru, Lee Saxby, they’ve actually done a rather good job (for a 10 minute video) at pulling the curtain of mystery back on barefoot-style running.
One of the main points highlighted in the video is the fact that just going minimal (or without) your shoes is not enough. Runners need to change their posture as well as their tempo in order to reduce injury. This underlines my feeling about the whole natural running movement – that the shoes are just tools to use in the process.
Tagged barefoot, lee saxby, running, terra plana, vibram five fingers, video
Chasing Legends Movie
For anybody who doesn’t agree that cycling is the most badass sport on the planet, go see Chasing Legends. I’ve seen a long preview and the trailers. It looks fantastic… and it’s got my man Jens Voigt in it!
World Cup??! What’s that?
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Coaches Dean and Joe Discuss Barefoot Running
Bla bla bla… running… bla bla bla… runnning…
Websites about running are plentiful, but it seems that many of them are committed to voraciously evangelizing or debunking a certain training program or style of running. Others are pure fanboy fluff about how great this product is or how you should only be running in a certain brand. It’s tiring to weed through the junk to find the truly interesting.
Thankfully, coaches Dean Hebert and Joe English have recently launched a new site — Running-Advice.com. On there you can find a whole collection of weekly videos full of level-headed and sensible discussion about everything from pacing to vomiting (I think experiencing the latter means you didn’t apply the former properly).
I particularly liked this video about solitude, introspection, and meditation because for me this is what running has become all about.
Discussing barefoot running
Another video (I haven’t watched ALL of them) that I found interesting was their discussion about barefoot running. If you’re not already aware, barefoot running… or “natural running” and it’s often called… is probably the hottest topic in the running community right now. Even I get asked about on a regular basis from the runners I work with.
I’ll talk about why it’s such an issue in an upcoming post, but when it comes to running barefoot there are two camps:
- Those who embrace the concept and would rather die than have to strap shoes on their feet again.
- Those who believe that mega-corporations like Nike who spend millions on research must know what’s best for their running.
Personally, I believe, as is often the case with such heated and fierce debate, that the truth lies somewhere in between. Dean and Joe net out in the same place and for this I was really grateful. I’ve read a lot on the subject an have found very, VERY few neutral opinions. But I shouldn’t be surprised, I guess. This follows along with the tone of the other videos.
So, if you want to watch some quick, quality videos that don’t preach, checkout Running-Advice.com.
Race Across The Window Video
Finished my subbing in the Race Across The Window yesterday. Contributed 144 miles in 3 days. Wish I could do more, but I can’t commit to the time with all the work I have, plus coaching and the family.
Here’s little video that JackRabbiter Matt Deulka made. I only made it in the last few seconds riding in the window with the hat.
Again, go to www.RaceAcrossTheWindow.com if you’d like to learn more and/or donate money. Also check out the live feed from the window here.
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Mitchell & Webb: Nutritionists Partnership
If this video wasn’t so true it would be even funnier. I’m at the point in the skit where the doctor wants to look at my shit.
I posted another video by these guys a few months ago.
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Try
One of those days
Needing this today… Try by Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft
Not so much the video as the lyrics.
(No Link Love today)
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Onwards
I love this
Onwards is a video by illustrator James Jarvis and Director Richard Kenworthy of Shynola. Jarvis, who is a fantastic and rather popular pop artist, is also a runner… and a pretty serious one too (sub 00:35:00 10k!).
Onwards
Nike invited Jarvis to create a video about running. The video above is the end result. I think it’s beautiful.
When I first watched it, I was blown away by how he had captured many of the subtleties of running. Then I did some searching and learned how the project all came together. See below.
From the inside
Nike also made a little documentary called Onward From the Inside where Jarvis talks about how his art and his running both feed each other. As an artist myself I really appreciated his words and found a lot within them that I could relate to.
It’s a three-part series. I’ve posted them in order below. You can also go to YouTube and see 1, 2 and 3 there.
Link Love?!
Sorry, but not Link Love again this week. I’ve just been too damn busy. I guess I’ll have to reevaluate the weekly nature of the Love. Stay tuned.
Tagged james jarvis, nike, running, video
Snow Run 2K10
Just getting back to life here again in NYC and catching up on what I missed. Apparently some friends of a friend at Niketown NYC decided that going for a run during last week’s snow storm was a good idea. Looks like a pretty awesome idea to me.
