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Feel your stride and find your preferred running speed
Thibault Lussiana1, Cyrille Gindre2
1Research Unit EA4660, Culture Sport Health Society and Exercise Performance Health Innovation Platform, Bourgogne Franche-Comte University, Besançon 25000, France Volodalen Company, Research and Development Department, Chavéria 39270, France thibault.lussiana@gmail.com.
Biology Open
|December 25, 2015
Summary
Aerial runners select faster running speeds, characterized by shorter ground contact and longer flight times, compared to terrestrial runners. This suggests biomechanics influence chosen speeds and running enjoyment.
Area of Science:
- Biomechanics
- Human Movement Science
- Sports Science
Background:
- Individual differences in self-selected running speed are significant.
- Metabolic cost is a known factor influencing running speed choice.
- Biomechanical parameters are linked to metabolic cost and running patterns.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the role of biomechanical parameters in determining self-selected running speed.
- To compare biomechanics and subjective pleasure ratings between terrestrial and aerial runners.
- To explore the relationship between running patterns, speed, and affective responses.
Main Methods:
- Assessed self-selected running speeds of 15 terrestrial and 16 aerial runners on a 400m track.
- Measured key biomechanical parameters including contact time, flight time, and leg stiffness.
- Collected subjective ratings of pleasure and displeasure during running.
Main Results:
- Aerial runners exhibited higher self-selected speeds than terrestrial runners.
- Aerial runners demonstrated shorter ground contact times, longer flight times, and greater leg stiffness.
- Pleasure correlated positively with leg stiffness and negatively with contact time in aerial runners; negatively with flight time in terrestrial runners.
Conclusions:
- Running patterns, specifically biomechanical characteristics, are associated with self-selected speeds.
- An optimization system may link running patterns, speed, and subjective feelings of pleasure/displeasure.
- Biomechanical differences may explain variations in preferred running intensity between different runner types.
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