Running shoe

A running shoe is a special shoe for the sport of running. Other names are: jogging or running shoes. The main features of running shoes is one of the damping and stabilization, that is, the support and guide the foot during the stance and push-off phase. In addition, running shoes are intended to offset foot deformities, such as frequent or rare pronation supination. Running shoes have been compared to other shoes a stronger heel wedge, to assist in the rolling movement.

Categories

Running shoes are the manufacturer divided into different categories, each covering different areas of application and requirements of the runner. The following running shoe categories or classes are distinguished: cross-country running shoes, support shoes, Neutral Running Shoes, Lightweight trainer / competition shoes and the "newer" category of foot trainers ( Natural Running shoes). Lightweight and competition shoes are designed to provide a thinner sole for greater speed (also called " trail shoes " ) cross-country running shoes are ideal for cold, muddy or wet ground. While the class of terrain running shoe running shoes and lightweight trainer / competition shoes so cover application areas, classes and support shoes neutral running shoes are designed for specific requirements relating to the roll-off of the rotor. The Stable shoes are characterized by the fact that they have more or less strongly influenced Pronationsstützen ( harder material on the inside of the shoe) to " Excessive -to- inside - buckling ", also called a pronation to reduce the rollover. Neutral Running Shoes, however, are for Neutralfußläufer which have no pronation in the rolling process and rolling neutral. Also supinator found in this category often fitting shoes. In trail running shoes and lightweight trainers or shoes, there is competition both with and without shoes pronation while foot trainers do not have this almost exclusively. The foot trainers are suitable for many runners only as a training tool in addition to normal running shoes. In order to clarify which running shoes come in question, it is useful to have a treadmill analysis as they offer many specialty shops, to be carried out.

Areas of application

Running shoes, see the Running on longer distances use in track spikes on short and medium-haul contrast used. Also for the Running related disciplines such as jogging, walking and Nordic walking running shoes are suitable. Normal running shoes are, as a rule for all distances and also for each soil underground, partly there are also shoes with special application, such as for the cross-country running.

History

For the first time in the late 1960s was developed by the German sports shoemaker Eugen Brütting in collaboration with the New Zealand athletics coach Arthur Lydiard, the novel, specifically tailored to the range of applications Running Shoes " Roadrunner ". He came onto the market in 1970 and continued due to its popularity with top athletes in motion a development which has been copied by other manufacturers like Adidas and Asics soon. The " Roadrunner " took mainly a special sickle bars and kangaroo suede as lighter material and sat for the first time a midsole foam rubber for damping.

Other well-known and / or historically significant brands are Brooks, New Balance, Mizuno, Nike, and Puma.