1. JoggingBuddy members comes from all walks of like and all abilities, whats your best advice for someone starting out?
-- The same advice that served me so well from The White Horse of the Copper Canyons. Easy, light, smooth and fast. Focus on easy first, because if that's all you get, that ain't so bad. Then work on light, then smooth. Master those three, and you'll be fast.

2. When you are low on motivation; what do you rely on to get you focused on your training again?
--Ice cream. If I don't feel like running, I don't. But after a day or two of loafing and dipping into the Haagen-Dazs, I'm usually fired up to hit the trails again.

3. Some of our members are embarking on Marathons and Half marathons for the first time, what's your best advice on preparation for these events?
-- Focus on form first. Emil Zatopek used to train by running on wet laundry in his bathtub. You can't squish around on soapy underwear without perfect posture, and that quick, accurate foot-lift turned him into a training monster who never got hurt. You can do the same thing by learning barefoot-style running.

4. JoggingBuddy.com helps members find other members to run with near where they live; if you could pick any celebrity as a running partner who would that be and why?
-- Sorry, I'm not trading my wife for some hotshot. She's a hula dancer, so when it comes to running partners, that's pretty tough to beat.

5. Your name is now synonymous with barefoot running - can anyone really make a transition to barefoot running?
--If I can, anyone can. I was the lowest common denominator. Doctors told me for years I shouldn't be running at all. Since I started running barefoot, my injuries have vanished. To play it safe, contact Lee Saxby at Wildfitness in London. He's a genius when it comes to teaching running technique.

6. Your book, " born to run" was an awesome read and offered a great insight into the ancient art of barefoot running - what will you be doing next?
--I'm working on a new book, but I'm keeping it to myself till I get it finished.

7. As a runner you are clearly into the endurance events - whats the best event you ever did?
-- The race with the Tarahumara, for sure, but the International Burro Race runs a respectable second. You have to run 25 miles up and down a mountain alongside a burro. Very fun, but a very long afternoon.

8. For our ultra marathoners on our website, what would be the top 5 things that you would recommend to improve their performance?
--Five? You're giving my know-how way too much credit. The only thing I can suggest is checking with William Sichel, the great Orkney Island ultrarunner, because he's forgotten more about the sport than the rest of us will ever know.

9.When it comes to ultra distances- what thoughts go through your head when you are running? Is the race as physical as it is phycological?
-- What thoughts DON'T go through your head? That's what is so great about long run: once you relax into the rhythm and feel your body warming from the inside out, entire Russian novels start unspooling in your mind.

10. Finally, we are all looking forward to your event in London later this year - can you tell us a bit about you talks and what the audience might expect to hear?
-- A tremendous amount of new scientific research has come out over the past year which reinforces the theory that humans evolved as the greatest distance runners on earth. What I try to do is link science with performance and personal experience and show how some of our greatest virtues, like compassion and generosity, are actually direct results of our running past.