Forefoot running prevents overpronation in two major ways. First, there’s a much flatter placement of the foot onto the ground at landing. This helps impact pressure spread out across a larger area of the foot so the impact can be absorbed without creating dangerous over-pressure hot spots, which would otherwise push foot pronation out of a safer range. Secondly, the movement path of the foot (forefoot-to-heel) improves the stability of the heel by allowing a briefer interaction of the foot with the ground as compared with heel strike running, which is one of the main causes of overpronation. Read more here!
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Bretta Riches
"I believe the forefoot strike is the engine of endurance running..."
BSc Neurobiology; MSc Biomechanics candidate, ultra minimalist runner & founder of RunForefoot. I was a heel striker, always injured. I was inspired by the great Tirunesh Dibaba to try forefoot running. Now, I'm injury free. This is why I launched Run Forefoot, to advocate the health & performance benefits of forefoot running and to raise awareness on the dangers of heel striking, because the world needs to know.
BSc Neurobiology; MSc Biomechanics candidate, ultra minimalist runner & founder of RunForefoot. I was a heel striker, always injured. I was inspired by the great Tirunesh Dibaba to try forefoot running. Now, I'm injury free. This is why I launched Run Forefoot, to advocate the health & performance benefits of forefoot running and to raise awareness on the dangers of heel striking, because the world needs to know.
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