by Sylv » Thu Sep 27, 2007 5:50 pm
Elsewhere - that is interesting (running):
[quote]Landing on your heels (red shoes) is, essentially, hitting the brakes with every stride. You have to overcome that deceleration by hitting the gas pedal hard at every toe off. And the time it takes to get from heel to toe is just lost time—time spent going no where.
Landing with a flat foot (orange shoes) greatly shortens ground contact time and moves you forward more quickly. This is the way fast runners run. In fact, the research (below) also supports this method and shows that the longer your foot is on the ground, the slower you are running. Makes sense.
Sounds painful though. And is marco's POSE stride yet another one - when you hit the toes first then the heel?