Comments on: Do Runner’s Know Their Arch Height and Amount of Pronation, and Does it Matter?: Study #2 https://runblogger.com/2012/10/do-runners-know-their-arch-height-and.html Running Shoes, Gear Reviews, and Posts on the Science of the Sport Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 By: Ben https://runblogger.com/2012/10/do-runners-know-their-arch-height-and.html#comment-669093905 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=224#comment-669093905 I didn’t read all your post yet, but arch height doesn’t matter and we have known this for a long time.

]]> By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2012/10/do-runners-know-their-arch-height-and.html#comment-669529140 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=224#comment-669529140 In reply to Fernando.

About 90% of recreational runners are heel strikers according to my work and a recently published study from a marathon in Wisconsin. Those numbers go down in faster runners, and are likely to be influenced by footwear – barefoot runners would probably show a much higher percentage of forefoot striking.

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]]> By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2012/10/do-runners-know-their-arch-height-and.html#comment-669107007 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=224#comment-669107007 In reply to Ben.

Tell that to all of the shoe stores that still use it as a tool, including the one in my home town.

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]]> By: Katrina Law Law https://runblogger.com/2012/10/do-runners-know-their-arch-height-and.html#comment-669407835 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=224#comment-669407835 Thank you sharing much useful information…
http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=224#comment-669107047 In reply to Ben.

Also tell it to all the shoe companies that still use the wet test on their websites.

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]]> By: Fernando https://runblogger.com/2012/10/do-runners-know-their-arch-height-and.html#comment-669426311 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=224#comment-669426311 In reply to Pete Larson.

I am surprised by the number of anterior foot strikers in the study above. Generally speaking, there is not an agreement about how many runners land with the mid foot or forefoot and how many are heel strikers. Percentages mentioned in studies vary greatly from one to another.

]]> By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2012/10/do-runners-know-their-arch-height-and.html#comment-669528214 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=224#comment-669528214 In reply to Skerminkel.

I forgot to pay my editor :) I struggle with the apostrophe, grammar is not my forte.

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]]> By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2012/10/do-runners-know-their-arch-height-and.html#comment-669118616 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=224#comment-669118616 In reply to Steven Sashen.

Very true – about 13 get it wrong according to this: http://www.asbweb.org/conferen…

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]]> By: Pete Larson https://runblogger.com/2012/10/do-runners-know-their-arch-height-and.html#comment-669118621 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=224#comment-669118621 In reply to Steven Sashen.

Make that 1/3

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]]> By: Skerminkel https://runblogger.com/2012/10/do-runners-know-their-arch-height-and.html#comment-669453218 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=224#comment-669453218 “Do Runner’s Know Their Arch Height and Amount of Pronation, and Does it Matter?”
I am not sure if it matters. In the end the sales person must advise the client on the right shoe. What else do they go on, apart from the runner’s experience of “what works” for him/her?
On another matter: Do bloggers (and academic writers) know how to use their apostrophes to indicate possession in the plural? ;)

]]> By: Steven Sashen https://runblogger.com/2012/10/do-runners-know-their-arch-height-and.html#comment-669108650 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=224#comment-669108650 I’ll tell you another thing runners aren’t good at determining: where on their foot they land. I’ve now seen dozens of videos from runners who ASSURE me that they are mid- or forefoot strikers… and video shows them clearly heel striking.

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