The technology in your running shoes can affect your performance
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Choosing shoes with sole materials made of specific materials can help you surpass your personal best running performance.
At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the majority of medals in medium- and long-distance athletics events were won by athletes wearing spiked running shoes and “advanced shoe technology.” Victor Rodrigo-Carranza from the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain, and colleagues wrote in a research paper.
To learn more about the types of shoes that might be most beneficial, the team recruited 14 women and 16…