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heel strike

'Most elites are heel-strikers' ..... more research that is not quite what it seems
Posted by simon on 4/3/2008 on simon's blog

I don't usually disagree with Dr Ross Tucker, my South African mate, about the technical stuff he features on his Science of Sport blog, but this time....

Ross has picked up on some recently published research from Japan, in which scientists set up a high speed camera at the 15km mark of the 2004 Sapporro International Half Marathon, observed the foot strike of 248 men and 35 women, and characterized them as either heel-strikers, mid-foot or forefoot strikers.

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Are Newton Running shoes right for you?

http://www.yourrunning.com/forum-how_not_to_heel_strike#comment-4597

Simon says:

[the Newton Shoes website doesn't] exactly issue a formal "disclaimer", but having spent hours with Danny and several hours in the retail shop, I know for sure they make it clear to people that
a) the shoes are designed to facilitate forefoot running
b) that they will not suit everybody and that
c) heel-strikers will not get on with them, unless they are willing to modify their gait...

...The FIRST section, headlined, "The Shoes" says things a bit more clearly,

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