Golden Harper

The undisputed fastest running shoes in the world are 3mm drop & the 26.2 World Record is now 1:59:30. When I first put shoes in my toaster oven to create the world's first cushioned Zero Drop running shoes in 2008, the nearly all running shoes were 10-12mm drop & (cont. part 2)

Kipchoge's shoes he used to break 2 hours in were only 4mm drop.

Part 2: ...and the World record was 2:04:29. 5 minutes faster in 17 years and change. For reference, the previous 5 minutes took 40 years, going back to Derek Clayton's 2:09:36 in May of 1967!

Thick shoes make weak feet. Strong feet are arguably the #1 way to prevent dysfunction and injuries.

The biggest single key to good distance running form is keeping the elbows back. Pump back, not forward & don't let the elbows go forward of the hips. This will improve cadence, foot strike, posture, and rotational forces.

73% of Americans REPORT foot pain each yr. We beg the 1 billion on earth to tell us about their foot pain, and 3% respond, with virtually no chronic foot problems. Modern shoes crowd our toes, raise our heels, and deactivate our arch, slowly ruining our feet. @AltraRunning

Running injury rates are no better now than they were before modern running shoes 50+ years ago, and things like Achilles are double digits worse. Cushioning hasn't helped injuries, but heavy, raised heels have made us all run in a way that our body doesn't protect itself.

I learned in college that all of the techy running shoes I'd been selling my whole life hadn't made injuries go down! Why? Because running shoe cushioning does NOT protect joints! It does take pressure off the feet & lower legs though, at the expense of them getting weaker.

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Before modern running shoes w/raised heels=hardly any over-striding runners. Now 99% of shoes w/heavy heels = around 80% of runners. #altra

In preschool we were told not to put the square shape in the triangular hole...yet most do it with their feet every day! @AltraRunning

Most people haven't thought about the fact that shoes are not shaped like feet. Feet are naturally nearly square, shoes are triangular (cont

99% of shoes = not homeostasis. We raise our heels, push up on the arch & crowd our toes & wonder why things break down. @AltraRunning

It's national love your feet day! Don't move your feet out of their natural position by raising the heel or crowding the toes! @AltraRunning