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Hi Guys,

Just read this article and thought it was very good. It's on Fore v Mid v Rearfoot striking. Thus wanted to share:

http://www.sportsscientists.com/2008/04/running-technique-footstrike.html

Regards,

S

 

Hi Sam

It seems an interesting paper. Can anyone get access the strength and conditioning?

HASEGAWA, HIROSHI; YAMAUCHI, TAKESHI; KRAEMER, WILLIAM J.Foot Strike Patterns of Runners At the 15-Km Point During An Elite-Level Half Marathon. Journal of strength and conditioning. August 2007 - Volume 21 - Issue 3.

http://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/A...atterns_of_Runners_At_the_15_Km_Point.40.aspx

 

Daniel E. Lieberman et al (2010) Foot strike patterns and collision forces in habitually barefoot versus shod runners. Nature, 463, 531-535 .

Humans have engaged in endurance running for millions of years1, but the modern running shoe was not invented until the 1970s. For most of human evolutionary history, runners were either barefoot or wore minimal footwear such as sandals or moccasins with smaller heels and little cushioning relative to modern running shoes. We wondered how runners coped with the impact caused by the foot colliding with the ground before the invention of the modern shoe. Here we show that habitually barefoot endurance runners often land on the fore-foot (fore-foot strike) before bringing down the heel, but they sometimes land with a flat foot (mid-foot strike) or, less often, on the heel (rear-foot strike). In contrast, habitually shod runners mostly rear-foot strike, facilitated by the elevated and cushioned heel of the modern running shoe.

 

I think we dismissed the claims in the Lieberman article in another thread.

 

Sam:

This is a great article. Thanks for sharing it. It is so refreshing for me to read an objective analysis of this forefoot versus rearfoot striking discussion without all the hype.

 

Kevin

Do you have a copy of this article? i cant get hold of one.

Thanks

Matt

 

Matt:

Send me $35.00 and I'll buy it for you.;)

 

Kevin

Thanks for making me laugh this morning:dizzy:

my appolgies I suppose i just assumed you were the man who had copies to everything!

I can purchase this article through the hospital library as my humble podiatry salary would miss the $35

 

I'm a little biased, as I am someone who changed his footstrike from a heel strike to a midfoot strike, but I'm not sure you can make conclusions from just one study

one of the comments from an answer in the above link kindly provided by sam by a barefoot runner who had 'seen the light' and started running barefoot. i agree its probably not great to make conclusions from just one study, but its slightly better that than make conclusions from no studies at all.
cheers
JB

 

Isn't it bizarre? They willing to change one way on the basis of no research, but are not willing to change the other way on the basis of some research (I have not looked to see the quality of the research). ....typical of the attitude of the barefoot running community.

 

I have video footage from side on of various ITU World Cup triathlon races from last year (2009). This footage is of the elites (and others) including most of the big names. This footage shows exactly what the referenced article shows and what most people have been talking about on this forum, about how every one lands differantly.
This footage is at 300 fps as it is off the casio camera. Clinically I find it of great use to show serious athletes who are being encouraged by their own readings or outside influences to change their stye, without sound reason. In this case a video speaks a 1000 words!
If it is possible to download large files I could put them up here? It is in quicktime format, I think they range in size from 6MB to 120MB.

cheers
Simon Wheeler
Podiatrist

 

hiya
is it worth starting another new thread? there are already currently 3 i think all talking about the same thing. i think we should concentrate on one, probably the original one started by Kevin -'barefoot running debate'. its all becoming a bit confusing trying to keep up;)

like Kevin though i love this stuff, even though its mighty frustrating sometimes (Ians twitter post on the other thread being a prime example)
cheers
JB

 

Works for me on my Mac.

 

Works for me (and I'm running Vista!)

 

working for me. cheers Simon (and admin)
JB