How Does Runner Size Effect Literally Running Performance

I take it that “runners” means running shoes? I hope this is not a new thing becyase I hate the sounds of it already

I suppose you think that was a witty reply? Well it wasn't. Don't quit the day job. Comedy literally isn't for you. Can someone normal please reply to my questions?

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I take it that “runners” means running shoes? I hope this is not a new thing becyase I hate the sounds of it already

It's not new, it's an Australian/British/Irish thing

Bump

you use the term "literally" figuratively a million times too often

How long did it take you to come up with the username @banana nut? You don't win any prizes for wit. Can someone answer my original post? I'm interested in your thoughts on how much the wrong shoe size will slow you down.

Studies show that an increase in one ounce of shoe weight per shoe slows runners by 1 second per mile.

There is overwhelming anecdotal evidence that poor fit leads to running injuries and blisters.

There is also evidence that a less supportive, lightweight shoe will be faster in short races, but cause the runner to tire quicker in longer races. This seems to vary a lot from runner to runner. Some runners can train in racing flats. Other runners will get injured training in racing flats.

I participated in a clinical study last year to determine which combination of cushioning was most efficient. Some shoes had firm midsoles and soft heels. Some were the reverse. Some were in between. It appeared to me that the results varied too much from runner to runner to draw any clear conclusions.

I did notice that within two minutes on most combinations, my footstrike automatically adjusted slightly for the differing amounts of cushion and I became more efficient with that combination of cushioning.

Banana Bread wrote:

How long did it take you to come up with the username @banana nut? You don't win any prizes for wit. Can someone answer my original post? I'm interested in your thoughts on how much the wrong shoe size will slow you down.

You are literally the most annoying poster of late.

Oh yeah, "effect" is a noun. The word you're looking for is "affect".

Thanks fisky. Is a difficult question since everyone has different feet. I'm also curious as to how much the runners would slow you down in a race, if they are a size too small. As for you banana nutjob, if you don't have anything useful to contribute, leave me alone. I understand that you may have mental issues. It's understandable that we need to validates our brains by critical every detail of a post, so that we can call others failures. My condolences to you sir. I hope it made you feel a bit better.

I don't know, but education affects proper word choice.

"if you don't have anything useful to contribute, leave"

Good advice. You should take it.

Brojo's, can you please ban these(or this one poster, since it is probably just 1 person stalking me under different names)? Anyway, back to my original post, anyone else any experiences?

Don't get shoes too small just to save a bit of weight. I looked at my shoe Excel file for same shoes/different sizes that I have weighed at home, and a half size is a difference of 11 to 17 grams at the size 11.5 range for my trainers. So maybe that will add 1/2 second per mile due to the weight. I could save more than that by not using the insoles. The difference is likely smaller for racing shoes.

Shoes that are too small are uncomfortable and can damage your feet. They can possibly give you black toenails, or make them fall off, give you blisters or callouses on the ends of your toes, give you heel blisters from the closer/firm touch-fit at the heel end, give you bunions eventually from being too narrow, and give you numb feet from being too tight when running up steep climbs. The feeling of my toes touching the inside front of a shoe even occasionally is enough to annoy me and indicate that I should have go (or should have gone) up at least a half size. Some those things, especially blisters, can potentially slow you down in a race.

If I'm trying to use a shoe that's a bit small to try to save money or something, I'll try it without an insole to give it more volume (often my choice anyway due to wide feet from bunions) and only use thin socks and see how that goes.

Hardloper wrote:

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I take it that “runners” means running shoes? I hope this is not a new thing becyase I hate the sounds of it already

It's not new, it's an Australian/British/Irish thing

Not a British thing you racist.

Hi zzzzzz. Cool, I guess I was probably subconsciously getting smaller runners because they are lighter. I probably should have gotten a size bigger for a lot of the runners I bought. I was too impatient to try the next size up, and just wanted to get the runners and go for a run. If all goes well, I'll report back on my next race, and I won't feel so bad talking about the crap times of my recent races.

Smaller runners are faster in longer events. Your prototypical male elite marathoner is literally 5’6” and 120 pounds.

Hardloper wrote: It's not new, it's an Australian/British/Irish thing.

it might be Australian or Irish but it most certainly is not British. I have never heard runner used as a noun for anything other than a person who runs, except that a strip of carpet in the hall is called a runner for some obscure reason.

a person who leaves a restaurant without paying his bill has "done a runner"; a person with gastro-intestinal problems "has the runs"; a sailboat with the wind directly astern is "running before the wind"; fish swimming upriver to spawn are a run as in, "the salmon run"; a ship can "run aground"; a person driving through a stop signal "ran the red light"; the bus "ran on time"; a woman "runs a business"; you can "run the engine" to warm up the car and you can "run in an election"; and traits sometimes "run in the family," and there are probably lots of others I cannot think of right now because I have things to do.

got to run.

cheers.

You literally need to learn what "literally" means, otherwise you will literally seen as a litteral idiot.