http://www.YourRunning.com/taxonomy/term/1312/0 en http://www.YourRunning.com/newton_shoes_and_forefoot_running <p><a href="http://www.yourrunning.com/blog-at_last_shoes_made_for_forefoot_runners" title="http://www.yourrunning.com/blog-at_last_shoes_made_for_forefoot_runners">http://www.yourrunning.com/blog-at_last_shoes_made_for_forefoot_runners</a></p> <p>The running shoe industry is obsessed with promoting the idea that a "natural" gait involves striking the ground with the heel first. Almost every shoe is over-designed, over-engineered and over-technologised in an effort to make "heel to toe" transition as easy and as painless as possible. Well, I've never been a heel striker. And if you watch elite athletes you'll come to the same conclusion as me; 90% or more of them are NOT heel-strikers either.</p> <p><a href="http://www.YourRunning.com/newton_shoes_and_forefoot_running">read more</a></p> barefoot running best advice Bill Bowerman Brian Russell Danny Abshire forefoot runners heel striker natural gait newtons Nike Frees shock-absorber Simon&#039;s blog Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:37:11 -0600 rlappi 2662 at http://www.YourRunning.com