My name is Ryan, though most of my teammates just call me Root. I am a senior distance runner at NCAA DIII powerhouse North Central College. I've had both success and failure (at times, more of the latter) in my now 11 year career. In all my years running I've picked up little tricks and tips of an unusually simplistic sport. In addition to my field experience with distance running, I have also worked 3 years at the local running store in my hometown Champaign, Ill.
Getting paid to fit different people with different feet, I feel like I've seen almost anything. At times I can recall seeing the grotesque over pronation of some customers while I perform gait analysis. I've researched and been trained in the majority of the major brands of running shoes and admittedly have somewhat of an obsession.
I've seen both sides of the pasture. I've been that underdog runner, grinding it out to just get noticed on his own team, and I've itched my way closer to the top (still a work in progress however). I hope with this blog I am able to both inspire new (young or old) runners to better themselves, and provide perspective to those that are at the peak (or near).
Everything from racing to shoes, and experience to philosophy. Runners are a part of a brotherhood (or sisterhood) that is hard to explain but the blog's purpose is to bring all the different aspects of our sport into a common place.
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