ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2021
Effect of Advanced Shoe Technology on the Evolution of Road Race Times in Male and Female Elite Runners.
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- The Effects of Shoe Sole Thickness on Running Biomechanics and Economy: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Variability in Running Economy of Kenyan World-Class and European Amateur Male Runners with Advanced Footwear Running Technology: Experimental and Meta-analysis Results.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Advanced Footwear Technology in Distance Running: What We Know, What We Don't Know, and Future Directions.European journal of sport science · 2026Article
- Pacing Profiles in Half-Marathon and Marathon Running Based on Performance Level, Sex, and Age: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- The running economy and biomechanics of competitive distance runners wearing advanced footwear technology spikes.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Economy benefits of running in advanced footwear technology shoes remain with plantarflexion fatigue.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Data driven shoe design improves running economy beyond state-of-the-art Advanced Footwear Technology running shoes.Journal of sport and health science · 2026Article
- Wearable technology for athletes: material innovations, performance monitoring, and emerging paradigms.Mikrochimica acta · 2026Review
- Running style and stability during uphill running are largely preserved with increasing shoe sole thickness.PloS one · 2026Article
- The impact of advanced footwear technology on running performance and pacing in world marathon majors.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- The Effects of Shoe Sole Thickness on Running Style and Stability During Downhill Running at Different Speeds.European journal of sport science · 2026Article
- Mechanisms, Economy, and Performance of Advanced Footwear Technology in Endurance Running-A Review.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Is increasing the effective leg length of a human runner metabolically beneficial?The Journal of experimental biology · 2025Article
- Biology and Management of Male-Bodied Athletes in Elite Female Sports.Drug testing and analysis · 2025Review
- 'Super boots' for soldiers: theoretical ergogenic and thermoprotective benefits of energetically optimised military combat boots.BMJ military health · 2025Article
- Advanced footwear technology in well-trained athletes: methodological insights from outdoor running.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- The Fallacy of Single Trials: The Need for Multiple Trials in Assessing Running Economy Responses in Advanced Footwear Technology.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Article
- Technologically advanced running shoes reduce oxygen cost and cumulative tibial loading per kilometer in recreational female and male runners.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Does Advanced Footwear Technology Improve Track and Road Racing Performance? An Explorative Analysis Based on the 100 Best Yearly Performances in the World Between 2010 and 2022.Sports medicine - open · 2024Article
- Can the recent sex-specific evolutions in elite running performances be attributed to advanced footwear technology?Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
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Abstract
The influence of advanced footwear technology (thickness of light midsole foam and rigid plate) on distance running performances was analyzed during an 8-year period. Analysis of variance was used to measure effects of time, gender, shoe technology, and East African origin on male and female top 20 or top 100 seasonal best times in 10-kilometer races, half-marathons, and marathons. In both genders and three distance-running events, seasonal best times significantly decreased from 2017, which coincided with the introduction of the advanced footwear technology in distance running. This performance improvement was of similar magnitude in both East African and non-East African elite runners. In female elite athletes, the magnitudes (from 1.7 to 2.3%) of the decrease in seasonal best times between 2016 and 2019 were significantly higher than in their male counterparts (from 0.6 to 1.5%). Analyses of variance confirmed that the adoption of the advanced footwear technology significantly improved the top 20 seasonal best times in female half marathons and marathons and male marathons, with the improvements being more pronounced in females and in long-distance running events. The adoption of this new shoe technology improved female marathon time by ~2 min and 10 s, which represents a significant increase in performance (1.7%).
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