Warm-Ups

The tips you need to get up to speed.

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Best In Shoe

This is how much faster you'll run in supershoes!

Supershoes have transformed running and rewritten the record books. But by how much do they actually improve running economy?

A new study* has the answer. The authors reviewed studies comparing supershoes – defined as shoes with a carbon plate and supercritical foam – with traditional running shoes. On average, supershoes improved running economy, the amount of oxygen required to move at a given speed, by about 2.4%. Time trial performance, meanwhile, improved by about 1.5% and time to exhaustion by about 6.1%. More encouraging still, most of those studied were recreational or sub-elite, suggesting supershoe benefits are available to the running masses.

2 Every Breath You Take

Is it time to take breath training seriously?