I previously reported on some comments from a running conference last year: In an online survey via Runners World that got 2,169,282 responses, the self reported foot strike was 15.7% forefoot strikers; 40.9% heel strikers; 43.4% midfoot strikers BUT; observed in slow motion videos of 11000 runners at the 2013 Boston Marathon: 95.6% heel strikers; […]
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Kinematic changes after 12 weeks of running in minimalist running shoes
One of the potential shortcomings of kinematic, kinetic and metabolic studies of barefoot or minimalist running versus traditional shod running is that acute interventions are often used, rather than a prolonged period of habituation to the different conditions under study. It is not known if what is found in these acute intervention studies will still […]
Are there really that many ‘dumb’ runners doing this?
I had to roll my eyes at this in my alerts this morning. This was nothing startling, just a case report on 3 runners who got an injury in minimalist running shoes: Minimalist shoe injuries: Three case reports. Cauthon DJ, Langer P, Coniglione TC. Foot (Edinb). 2013 May 10. Running in minimalist shoes continues to […]