After 2 years of virtual meetings, it was nice for our Stephen F. Austin State University Kinesiology students to get to present some of our 👟 research in person at the Texas ACSM Annual Meeting.

Glad to have this one published!

Parker Jones SFA T&F/XC student-athlete presenting his research as the top scholar from the Stephen F. Austin State University Perkins College of Education at our annual Undergraduate Research Conference. Proud of this guy for his hard work!

Recruiting male and female distance runners with experience running in spikes for our current Super Spikes vs. Super Shoes study. Requires two study visits to Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. Signup in link below. Please share with those who may be interested. forms.office.com/r/FsPSk9XxxR

Nice review by Dustin Joubert of our last paper published in IJSM 👏 Congrats Santiago A. Ruiz Alias for leading this great work and thanks to Alejandro Pérez Castilla for your involvement Keep working!! 🔥

Enjoyed working on this w/Geoff Burns Effects of Highly Cushioned and Resilient Racing Shoes on Running Economy at Slower Running Speeds. Int'l Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance Article: doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.…. Don't tweet much, but more slides like this on my IG: instagram.com/labratrundown/

For the past few years, a surprising number of world-beating endurance athletes have been slurping down a mysterious soup before their races. Maurten, whose hydrogel upended the sports drink world, believes it's about to do the same with... baking soda. outsideonline.com/health/trainin…

Several presentations on supershoes at last week's #ACSM23 conference. One highlight: superspikes boost running economy by 2% compared to old spikes. With a bunch of assumptions, that implies an old 4:00 mile would now be 3:56.8. More: outsideonline.com/health/trainin…

New paper where we evaluate the effect on the running economy of two Advanced Footwear Technology of different midsole materials (PEBA vs. EVA) and these same models worn with 450 km. Grupo de Investigación en Rendimiento Deportivo Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha FAC. DEPORTE. UCLM UMass Amherst onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sm…

Looking forward to this running/coaching symposium... especially to picking Dustin Joubert's brain on supershoes! I'll be speaking about the limits of endurance + the future of endurance science. Charlotte, Dec 9-10. Apparently $25 off with code ALEX. runningsummit.com

Now ahead of print: Running Shoes of the Postmodern Footwear Era: A Narrative Overview of Advanced Footwear Technology by Geoff Burns & Dustin Joubert journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/…

My latest Globe Health column is about what Geoff Burns and Dustin Joubert call the "postmodern footwear era." Here's the column (paywall): theglobeandmail.com/life/health-an… And here's the original paper, which is awesome (love that "postmodern" label!): pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39117307/

Just when you thought the supershoe wars were over... Puma claims its new Fast-R 3 is ~3.5% better than the WR-setting Alphafly 3 and Adios Pro Evo 1. And they've got data from Wouter Hoogkamer, who did the original Vaporfly 4% study, to back it up. outsideonline.com/health/trainin…