I've heard speculation that elite runners are elite in large part because they are not injury prone. It takes an enormous amount of training to perform at the e

I've heard speculation that elite runners are elite in large part because they are not injury prone. It takes an enormous amount of training to perform at the elite level, and most people will simply break before they can complete the training. That said, I was provided some Hoka shoes a while back (I usually wear Altras). I found myself bounding in a very similar stride to Jim Walmsley. Looking back through the data, my cadence dropped from 180 to 155-160 without much of a thought. I wonder how much the shoes affect his gate, his injury rate, and his performance. Would he be a faster runner if Altra had picked him up instead of Hoka? Zach Bitter seems to do okay.