Middle Pack

This is the 2nd part of my series into changing running style. It will focus on the research around footwear, barefoot and minimal shoes vs motion control and cushioned fancy shoes. I will go into actual running technique in another post.

On delving round the internet I was quite amazed at the amount of peer reviewed articles out there in the public domain discussing this area. Most of it was not on the side of the big shoe companies.Much of this current interest can be traced to the book, Born to run by Christopher Mcdougall and recent research by Dr Craig Richards however this research has been in the public domain for many years and it is only with the publishing of a book with a good story i.e. Born to run that we the running public are catching up.

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