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Carbon Fiber Plate Shoes

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If you are new to running or have been in the scene for a while, you may have heard of carbon fiber plate running shoes. Running shoes with carbon fiber plates can make you ultra fast on race day and leave your competitors in the dust. Many brands are incorporating carbon plates into their top of the line running shoes including Hoka , Saucony , and most notably Nike. Eliud Kipchoge wore the prototype Nike Alphafly running shoes and ran a sub two-hour marathon. The win was under a lot of scrutiny by critics in the running world. This shoe featured two carbon fiber plates and a large stack height. Many believe this helped him run the sub two-hour marathon. Since then, regulations have been put in place which limited the stack height of a shoe and only allows for one carbon fiber plate.  The carbon fiber plate acts as a springboard for your feet and can help you run faster. Runners times have gotten faster over the years and this new technology may be one of the rea...
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Avoiding Running Injuries

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No one likes to be injured. You are only a week out from your race and you develop a crippling injury. You fractured a bone in your foot! What could be worse. All that training as led up to disappointment and failure. There are many common injuries among runners. Running takes a beating on the body and the constant pounding your body takes from hitting the concrete or road surface over and over can lead to many problems. Every few months, companies release their new running shoes, touting to be the fastest, lightest, most comfortable shoes on the market. Are these shoes really helping you prevent injury and run successfully. It depends. Choosing a shoe that works with you is much more beneficial than picking up one of the new trendy running shoes. Properly fitting running shoes make a huge difference in preventing injury, increasing endurance, and have a better running experience. If you suffer from foot pronation, as many of us do, there are specific running shoes and insoles to comba...
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