TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE
Sunday    29 Aug 2010
          
PROMO FOR "On Running"
*Everything you know about running is wrong.  At least, that's
the view right now according to some of the latest science in
fitness and exercise.  Think running is bad for your knees, that
prescriptive running shoes tailored to your feet help avoid
injury?  That stretching is good for you before you run?  New
research is challenging some of our most trusted advice about
running and exercise.  In this hour of To the Best of Our
Knowledge, re-thinking running.  Also, the barefoot revolution.

PROGRAM RUNDOWN:  "On Running"

0:00 - 15:27   SEGMENT 1: (15:28)
     Writer and journalist Christopher McDougall talks with Anne
     Strainchamps about the Tarahumara tribe of Mexico. They're a
     people who grow up running barefoot and live very long lives
     happily running into advanced old age.  He describes his
     quest to find them in his book "Born to Run."
               
     Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio International."

15:28 - 15:57  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

15:58 - 41:29  SEGMENT 2: (25:23)
     Gretchen Reynolds is a sports writer and runner.  She talks
     with Jim Fleming about the theories concerning running and the
     body which modern exercise physiology is exposing as purely
     myths. Jason Robillard isn't waiting for the science to
     catch up.  He's a barefoot ultramarathon runner and founder
     of Barefoot Running University.  He tells Steve Paulson
     about the technique and why he's a fan.
               
     Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio International."

41:30 - 41:59  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

42:00 - 53:00  SEGMENT 3: (11:00)
     Haruki Murakami is the critically acclaimed author of
     several books of short stories and novels.  His latest is
     called "Kafka on the Shore."  For decades he's also been a
     dedicated runner.  Jim Fleming reads excerpts from
     Murakami's book "What I Talk About When I Talk About
     Running."
          
     Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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