Suunto 4 Injuries wrote:
Is there anything in the cadence data that shows if the knee/back injuries caused any changes. If yes, then that could be very useful for runners and coaches to catch problems before they get worse.
You could always do a ratio of the time spent at a fast run cadence over the slow run/walk cadence. But this could vary due to weather conditions and how hilly the terrain is.
Looking through Mimi's cadence histograms later in her runs, you can see obvious days where she spent pretty much most of the time at the walking cadence with very low high cadence counts. And this isn't in the mountains or extreme weather that Sandra had to face where we see legitimate need for a drop in cadence.
Look at the cadence histograms for her 10-02, 10-03, 10-05, 10-07, and 10-09 runs where she unexpectedly spent the afternoons just at waking cadence. That is a pretty obvious sign something is wrong, especially since we know that this is relatively flat terrain. Mimi then goes back to her fast cadence running for the remainder of October as seen in the histograms, which is what finally did her knee in.
This was also preceded by hospital visits as well as the obvious video signs I pointed out way back of Mimi having trouble even walking up our down a few RV stairs. There was also Mimi not being able to stand straight with her knees locked straight. There were plenty of signs something was not right and LRC pointed them out but it looks like URC and Mimi and her team/supporters just tried to ignore/hide the obvious signs.