Case Study
— Lynda
Situation
Marathon runner training for Tokyo and London, 25-30 miles per week, recurring Achilles and posterior tibial issues on the left, starting on the right.
Findings
Midfoot strike, no overpronation, cadence around 190 but ground contact too long and hip extension limited to 13-15 degrees. Short stride length was the real limiter, not stability. Her stability shoes were solving a problem she didn’t have.
Outcome
A shoe recommendation matched to her actual gait. She took the new shoe straight onto an 18-mile long run and posted about it herself.
Lynda was training for both Tokyo and London, running 25 to 30 miles a week. She kept dealing with recurring Achilles and posterior tibial issues, starting on her left side and then showing up on her right.
Her strike pattern was midfoot, and she wasn’t overpronating. Her cadence sat around 190, which looks good on paper, but her ground contact time was too long and her hip extension was limited to 13 to 15 degrees. Her short stride length was the real limiter, not stability. I see this often: runners end up in stability shoes that are solving a problem they don’t actually have.
I recommended a shoe matched to her actual gait instead. She took it straight onto an 18-mile long run and posted about the difference herself.
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