Overstriding overstriders..

This video shows some people overstriding. You can see their quad flex as their knee locks completely out then they heelstrike. Looks very damaging.

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Great comparison videos

I found these very interesting. Seeing how badly the majority of the people in the videos are toe-pointed-at-the-sky-heel-striking I see why 80% of runners have injuries. The smooth stride of the barefooted runner and the runner in VFF's just look so less jarring and painful.

"Video of a series of runners filmed at 300 frames/sec near the ~17.5 mile mark of the 2010 Boston Marathon (on Washington St. near the intersection with Commonwealth Ave.). All were on a sub-3:00 marathon pace at this point in the race. Note the barefoot runner near the middle of the clip. Courtesy ofhttp://www.runblogger.com".

"Video of a runner in Vibram Fivefingers filmed at 300 frames/sec near the ~17.5 mile mark of the 2010 Boston Marathon (on Washington St. near the intersection with Commonwealth Ave.). Runner was on a sub-3:00 marathon pace at this point in the race. Courtesy of http://www.runblogger.com "

           

"Video of a series of runners filmed at 300 frames/sec near the ~3 mile mark ofa local level 5K. All were middle of the pack runners. Courtesy ofhttp://www.runblogger.com."

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