If you don't know Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, you're missing out.

He’s a professor at West Virginia University School of Medicine and a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force Reservists. He designed the US Air Force Efficient Running Project and has presented running workshops on over 50 military bases.

Mark has been a national-level Masters runner, completed more than 100 marathon and ultra-marathon races, and is a two time winner of the Air Force Marathon. His PR? A staggering 2:24.

He's also strongly involved in the local West Virginia running community:

• race director of Freedom’s Run race series
• owner of Two Rivers Treads in his hometown of Shepherdstown

Mark's new book, Run for Your Life: How to Run, Walk, and Move Without Pain or Injury and Achieve a Sense of Well-Being and Joy is all of his expertise and experience distilled into one manual for preventing injury.

He's also on the Strength Running Podcast to discuss these topics in more detail.

We're focusing on three main areas of prevention:

• Running form: cues, mistakes, and big picture principles
• Barefoot running: how to get started and avoid injuries
• Lifestyle: what factors predispose you to getting hurt?