What Every Runner Needs to Know About How to Lose Weight- Mark Cucuzzella

Dr. Mark Cucuzzella is an accomplished marathon runner. He is also a Professor at West Virginia University, a family physician, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force Reserves, the Chief Medical Consultant for the Air Force Marathon, and the owner of Two Rivers Treads, the nation’s first minimalist shoe store which is located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

We cover a lot of ground with Mark as he discusses:

How to find a doctor that will help you heal from running injuries
The benefits of running slowly and slow jogging
How to approach becoming a barefoot runner
What makes a good running shoe
Illnesses, injuries and symptoms runners may face
The dangers of ultramarathons
His tips on how to lose weight that have little to do with intense exercise and more to do with exercising easy and often and eating habits

Mark shares his thoughts on how the body handles marathons and how it heals. He feels that if you’re going to run, run for the joy and health of it. As a marathon runner himself as well as a physician, Mark’s information should leave you with a better understanding of how the runner’s body functions and the benefits to running slowly and for the joy of it.

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Links and Resources mentioned in this Interview:

Mark Cucuzzella previous podcast episode

Tim Noakes podcast episode

Do Runners have a Free Pass for Unhealthy Eating? - can runners outrun a bad diet?

Dave McGillivray podcast episode

Video of Dave McGillivray talking about his heart disease

Lems shoes

Waterlogged: The Serious Problem of Overhydration in Endurance Sports - Book by Tim Noakes

Running on Empty– ultra article in Outside Magazine

Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis

Mark’s personal sites

Two Rivers Treads

Continuing Education Courses

Natural Running Center

Freedom Run Event Series

Sites suggested by Mark to check out (with his reasons why):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpnhKcvbsMM (video we shot for my Boston Marathon talk with Dan Lieberman and Irene Davis)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSIDRHUWlVo (My video on Principle of Natural Running shot barefoot to show what foot does)

http://www.vivobarefoot.com/(other lifestyle shoes i wear to work)

http://www.mybarefooters.com/

http://www.newtonrunning.com/ (my fast running shoes which are not soft which give some spring back)

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