The Size 15 Runner debates only the most crucial running shoe topics (debatably); he denies he’s in denial that he’s a heel striker; and he’s not at all bitter that he hasn’t qualified for the Boston Marathon—not bitter in the slightest!

• Running Shoe Debates: Move over ‘First Take!’ ‘First Run’ is a new sports debate show that not only embraces debate, it demands it—about only the most crucial and controversial topics in running. Hear The Size 15 Runner debate a fellow running expert as they provide their hot takes on the hottest of hot-button running issues.

• Boston Marathon Qualifying: Despite the cultural and historical significance of the race, the important role it plays in the running world, and my own desire to someday toe the starting line in Hopkinton and pass the finish line on Boylston Street, I won’t be heartbroken if I never get to run Heartbreak Hill. I may be bitter, but I won’t be heartbroken.

• Is Heel Striking Bad? After all these years, I thought I was landing with my forefoot or even midfoot, not my dreaded heel! Yuck! This news was very hard to swallow. Heel striking is no way to run! To prove I don’t belong with heel strikers, I’m meeting with my sports psychologist to see if she can stroke my fragile ego and turn me into a forefoot — or, at least a midfoot — striker.

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