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Xterra National Trail Running Championships

Xterra National Trail Running Championships September has been a banner month for me. Those of you who have been following my blog entries know that last June I had successful back surgery to regain full functionality of both my quads

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“The New Focus on Form,” Running Times Magazine, April 2014

Editor Jonathan Beverly spent months researching, testing, and writing about efficient running technique for his article “It’s All In the Hips,” pp. 42-49. In his research, he interviewed running/exercise scientist Tom Miller extensively and personally applied Tom’s insights and methodolgy

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“Programmed To Run” by Dr. Tom Miller Youtube talk

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Perfect Your Running Technique

How Will Improving My Running Technique Impact My Running? As told to Breanne George by Thomas Miller, Ph.D. for active.com Improving your running technique even a fraction of a percent per stride can have a huge effect on your ability

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Ultra Running Book Review

ULTRARUNNING.COM Reviewed by Don Allison Just about every top runner has penned a “how to” running book it seems, from Bill Rodgers to Grete Waitz, Jeff Galloway, and Uta Pippig. Invariably, these books follow a formulatic approach, focusing on most

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Running Times Book Review

…a man obsessed. Published July 1, 2002 Running Times Programmed to Run by Thomas S. Miller, Ph.D. (Human Kinetics, 2002) Perhaps the most revealing story in Thomas Miller’s book is when he tells that his now 38-year-old son remembers him

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