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by pg314
3246 days ago
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> As a lifelong athlete the on-your-toes style of barefoot running is the best way to run. If you cannot run on your toes you are not built to run. Nonsense. You can go tell Meb Keflezghi, winner of both the Boston and New York marathon, that he's not built to run. He's a prime example of a heel striker [1], though slightly less prominent in his later years. More generally, in [2], a study of elite level runners in the half marathon, found that at the 15km point the top 50 was comprised of 62% rear-foot strikers, 36% mid-foot, and 2.0% fore-foot strikers. If a certain running style works for you, i.e. you've been running injury-free, don't try to change it. You are more likely to do harm than good. [1] https://runblogger.com/2011/11/meb-keflezighis-running-from-... [2] http://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/abstract/2007/08000/foot_s... |
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Trained hard and overcame the limitation for a time? I did say there are exceptions.
> More generally, in [2], a study of elite level runners in the half marathon, found that at the 15km point the top 50 was comprised of 62% rear-foot strikers, 36% mid-foot, and 2.0% fore-foot strikers.
Reflects that heel-strikers are more common.
From a quick search:
1,991 runners were classified by foot-strike pattern, revealing a heel-strike prevalence of 93.67% (n=1,865). A significant difference between foot-strike classification and performance was found using a Kruskal-Wallis test (p < 0.0001), with more elite performers being less likely to heel-strike.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4801105/