The verified, best foot strike for running across any distance, from the 100-m sprint to the marathon, is the forefoot strike (landing on the balls of the foot, not the toes) because it was found to sustainably reduce impact loads on the foot, shins, knees, hips and even the lower back as compared with landing heel-first (heel strike). The big reason forefoot running does this is it automatically results in a contact with the ground that’s so brief that many impact forces are barely produced, if not produced at all. Read more here!
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