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'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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How 'economical' a runner are you?

Posted by simon on 12/13/2007 on simon's blog

Zersenay Tadese, world cross-country and half-marathon champion, may be the most "economical" runner in the world according to a new sports science study.

Researchers in Madrid say that Tadese's uses less oxygen per kilometre than any other athlete ever studied -- and that includes other elite Kenyans. Frank Shorter in his prime tested out at 192 ml/kg/kilometer (running at 3:06/km); Tadese's figures: 150 ml/kg/kilometer (running at 3:09//km and at at 2:51/km).

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