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The Loneliness of a Long-Distance Runner-Runner
lukybugur:
Those trainers - I saw a great Discovery Channel program on the making of them where they were demonstrating the Gel used in them. They dropped a raw egg onto the amount of gel used in each trainer from 72ft and it didn"t break!!
This wasn"t it (app it"s been removed from YouTube :( ) but shows the same thing from a much lesser height
[youtube=425,350]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uuTsXpbLfRU[/youtube]
Here"s a funny clip about the technology
[youtube=425,350]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=26Mb3C8ZhYw[/youtube]
kinboshi:
Cheers for those Neil - I"ll have to search out that documentary now!
A lot of running shoes have huge midsoles and heels to absorb the shock of the foot (more accurately the heel) hitting the ground.
However, when I first started running, I had problems with my ITB (liotibial Band). This was to do with landing on my heel when I was running (as encouraged to do so by my trainers), but wasn"t the way I ran naturally. I did some reading on the web, and found a great article written by Gordon Pirie (a top-class distance runner) who criticised the shoe manufacturers for encouraging people to run "incorrectly". Instead he was adamant that people should land on the forefoot rather than the heel and utilise the body"s natural shock absorbers (the knee primarily) rather than relying on huge midsoles.
I got myself some shoes with very little mid-sole cushioning, and ran how I felt comfortable, and the ITB pain went instantly. So that"s how I"ve continued to run since.
Interesting piece about it here:
http://crossfitatlanta.typepad.com/newsletter_archives/2007/06/june_7_2007.html
lukybugur:
I may be exaggerating on the 72ft drop as there are reports on Blogs from folk who say the egg-drop demo and it was 30ft;
Quotes from Blogs found on Google;
--- Quote ---marga - I guess asic"s gel cushioning is state of the art. I"ve seen one time on TV how they test their gels. They drop an egg from a 30 feet high elavation and the egg won"t break after landing on the Gel.
--- End quote ---
--- Quote ---that bowerman pair is my first (and last) nike
running shoe, made in china siguro. ive been
an asics believer ever since i saw that 30-foot
egg-drop demo on an asics gel mat on the
Discovery Channel. amazing egg! (haha) :D
--- End quote ---
kinboshi:
So I"ve bought well if I need to save an egg from an upstairs window of a burning building?
Jon MW:
--- Quote from: lukybugur on January 28, 2009, 14:40:17 PM ---
Those trainers - I saw a great Discovery Channel program on the making of them ...
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So Kinboshi mentions trainers and Nell McAndrew, and the bit you noticed was the trainers?
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