I recently ran a 10k and didn't have a pair of flats and didn't want to run in my heavy heavy training shoes so I decided to run in a pair of the Nike Free Everyday. Do you think that the shoes although lighter actually added time to my race because they made my feet and lower legs work harder?
I've read somewhere recently that for every one ounce lighter your shoes are, you gain one second per mile. So if the free's are 2 ounces lighter than your trainers, you should have gained 12 seconds over your 10k. I've ordered the Free Run Plus to see and hope these will make me faster. And yes, I'm going to step up the mileage too.
Zach Gingerich, I believe, was 3rd in last year's Badwater (he used Frees)
anoyone else think that because they're lighter I actually saved time? Just wonder what extra strain might my legs have gone through that could have been added to my effort.
your legs didnt go through any extra stain at all, done be a wimp about it. there are free everydays, basically a flexible normal training shoe
The shoes did not make your legs work any harder than normal. Nike Frees are more substantial than a lot of racing flats, so you probably saved yourself from some soreness. The fact that they are lighter than normal trainers probably made you a little faster.
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