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what makes you fast ( or not)

 

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nickc

Oct 30, 09 12:56

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Interesting article on what foot shape/ tendon lengths make a runner fast or economical.

http://www.wired.com/...hanics-of-sprinting/
http://www.wired.com/...2009/02/runningtoes/


msuguy512

Oct 30, 09 13:16

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Re: what makes you fast ( or not) [nickc] [In reply to] Can't Post

another worthless article IMO

"If you think of your foot as being kind of like a wheelbarrow,” Piazza said, “when you grab the handles of the wheelbarrow and pull up, you’re doing what the Achilles tendon does. The longer those handles are, the easier it is going to be to lift up the load. If you had really short handles, you would have poor mechanical advantage.”

I didn't realize the finish line was in the sky...