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The article is not telling what happened after the hysteria. This movement settled and manifested to a "natural running" idea. We now have Altra, Topo Athletic
by Aldipower 2y ago
The article is not telling what happened after the hysteria.
This movement settled and manifested to a "natural running" idea.
We now have Altra, Topo Athletic, Hoka, Invo8 and others, offering shoes with more or less flat soles. Encouraging you to run with a natural running pose.
This does not mean cushioning wouldn't be allowed.
- petemir 2y agoTo me, the last section of the article states exactly what happened after the hysteria.
- spacecadet 2y agoThis. Shoes are meaningless, pose, stride, biomechanical process.
- threeseed 2y agoThey can make a difference for athletes: "The data showed significant differences in the oxygen uptake (a way to measure the energy cost of running) in the Vaporfly shoe resulting in a 2.8 percent improved running economy, or the amount of energy it takes a runner to go a certain distance, over the Adidas shoe on average" https://lifesciences.byu.edu/can-your-shoes-really-make-you-run-faster#:~:text=The%20data%20showed%20significant%20differences,the%20Adidas%20shoe%20on%20average. https://lifesciences.byu.edu/can-your-shoes-really-make-you-...
- iamacyborg 2y agoAlso the significant benefits that comes from improved post-run recovery with modern super shoes, allowing athletes to run significantly more weekly mileage.
- spacecadet 2y agoProper post-run recovery allows for infinite distance.
- canucker2016 2y agoBut not every runner sees improvement in time. so-called non-responders exist at the elite level but I don't recall seeing any analysis as to why some runners run faster and others don't with these carbon-plate shoes. [edit] a quick search found this article about supershoes and the range of response - see https://run.outsideonline.com/gear/super-shoe-hyper-responder/ https://run.outsideonline.com/gear/super-shoe-hyper-responde...
- SketchySeaBeast 2y agoIf this were the case why don't we see more Olympians running in vibrams?
- Aldipower 2y agoNot vibrams, but please have a closeer look at those olypians shoes. These are very lightweight and most important _flat_ shoes, encouraging a natural running pose.
- SketchySeaBeast 2y agoThe best I could find was the 2023 berlin marathon, but looking at the shoes the heel and midfoot are flat while the forefoot is definitely raised. https://www.runningshoesguru.com/2023/09/the-shoes-of-the-winners-of-the-berlin-2023-marathon/ https://www.runningshoesguru.com/2023/09/the-shoes-of-the-wi...
- jibbit 2y agoa really high percentage of the runners i see out i the street are forefoot striking in zero drops - clearly that's not barefoot but i'd also question whether you can call it 'short lived'
- cafard 2y agoMy impression is that most women strike well forward on the foot, no matter what shoes they wear.
- matt_heimer 2y agoI ran a lot in two pairs of Altra Instinct 1.0s. Altra shoes used to be very minimalist that also happened to be zero drop with big toe boxes. The most notable thing was how little cushion it had, it was like running on a piece of leather, close to barefoot running. You wouldn't even think the Altra shoes made today are from the same company, they have so much cushion. I don't think its a bad thing, what I eventually took away from my Altras was that I need a huge toebox for my feet to be happy and if my shoes have too much drop I tend to heel strike. I'm glad my shoes have more cushion today, I just wish the cushion didn't break down so fast.