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i have been trying the evolution running. went to a clinic for it a month or so ago. anyway, one of the things that was mentioned was that a couple of his high caliber runners put masking tape on the heals of their shoes and most of them come back with very clean tape. i tried it and i still have some work to do but its not bad. my problem is vertical displacement. i have my cadence at 180-182, i forefoot strike, my foot strike is under my hips, i have a forward lean and the whole bit but i just keep straightening my back leg a little. i don;t even notice it that much until i film myself and slow it down to like 30 frames/sec and it becomes so pronounced. but the point is that there are runners that don't heel strike.

actually ken mierke (sp) was saying at the clinic that the extra heel padding was there bc the old way of thinking was that heel striking was preferable. and he said something about the shoe industry being responsible for a lot of runners' bad habits and injuries. it made sense when he said it and then mentioned the african distance runners and how they are primarily forefoot strikers bc many of them grow up running without shoes.