bA science writer and recreational runner explores the science behind popularly held beliefs about shoes, injuries, nutrition, runner's high, and more.b pConventional wisdom about running is passed down like folklore and sometimes contradicts itself the right kind of shoe prevents injury--or running barefoot, like our prehistoric ancestors, is best eat a high-fat diet--and also carbo load before a race running cures depression--but it might be addictive running can save your life--although it can also destroy your knee cartilage. Often it's hard to know what to believe. In iRunning Smart, i Mariska van Sprundel, a science journalist and recreational runner who has had her fair share of injuries, sets out to explore the science behind such claims.brIn her quest, van Sprundel reviews the latest developments in sports science, consults with a variety of experts, and visits a sports lab to have her running technique analyzed. She learns, among other things, that according to evolutionary b