Heel Strike Runners Have Greater Foot Pronation than Forefoot Strike Runners

Heel Strike Runners Have Greater Foot Pronation than Forefoot Strike Runners

In forefoot running, above right, touchdown is much flatter and ground interaction is much shorter compared to heel strike running (left) in which that has multiple stages of ground interaction (heel striking, rollover, push-off)

Overpronation: Heel Strike vs Forefoot Strike

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.
Bretta Riches

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