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  1. Jimmy Hart

    Injury: Top-of-the-Foot Pain-Treatment and Recovery

    Injury: Top-of-the-Foot Pain-Treatment and Recovery...
  2. Jimmy Hart

    Injury: Top-of-the-Foot Pain

    Injury: Top-of-the-Foot Pain...
  3. Jimmy Hart

    Injury: Top-of-the-Foot Pain-Treatment and Recovery

    Injury: Top-of-the-Foot Pain-Treatment and Recovery By Jimmy Hart, Running Coach & Personal Trainer Addendum: Preface: I am not a doctor, and I do not claim that this article can diagnose or treat tendon injuries. This is a collection of information based on my personal experiences...
  4. Jimmy Hart

    Injury: Top-of-the-Foot Pain

    Injury: Top-of-the-Foot Pain By Jimmy Hart, Running Coach & Personal Trainer I am active in a couple of barefoot running forums, and I am linked in on a number of barefoot sites. I love the opportunity to share and learn from fellow barefoot folks like myself. Having an extensive background in...
  5. Jimmy Hart

    Altra Superior

    it is the exact same last as the Adam. The upper isn't stretchy like the Adam though so in the toe box it has a narrower feel. It's not narrower but it doesn't give as much because it's just a mesh upper. It is 3.5mm thicker than the Adam so it's 7mm but feels much thinner than that because...
  6. Jimmy Hart

    Altra Superior

    Lomad I would recommend going up a half size in the Superior if you do. I personally like the fit of the Superior better than the NB's but that's a foot shape thing for me. Badtoes the shoe should be more flexible with the rock plate out. Mine are noticeably more flexible with it out so...
  7. Jimmy Hart

    Altra Superior

    There is more toe spring in the Superior but not really in the 1.5. It's less of a toe spring so much as an undercutting of the toe thickness to allow the foot a smoother roll at toe off. I'm really surprised that you felt the 1.5 was narrow in the toes...that must be one wide foot you're...
  8. Jimmy Hart

    Altra Superior

    Going off the outside edges of the sole will cause that and you're correct. The out sole of the Superior is flared a bit and the Instinct is not. The flaring offers a bit more stability on the uneven ground you'd find on trails. The Instinct is a road shoe so no flaring needed.
  9. Jimmy Hart

    Altra Superior

    It's true. All other Altra shoes have a different shaped last for women's models but since this one was already narrower it made sense to just use the one.
  10. Jimmy Hart

    Video Analysis: A Fun Little Game

    Ram makes a good point but I don't think that was too much the case in this video because of the break in motion near the end. The reach for the buttons and wipe of the nose would have given away any purposeful motions in the stride and the pattern doesn't break during that time so I feel like...
  11. Jimmy Hart

    Video Analysis: A Fun Little Game

    Your last point I think has a ton of merit. I do assess everyone with the mindset of achieving more efficiency, maybe not speed, but I have always felt that the easier I can make running; the more people will enjoy it. I also feel that when someone runs efficiently they run smoothly and thus...
  12. Jimmy Hart

    Video Analysis: A Fun Little Game

    I do agree that he can gain a lot from working on his arm swing but looking at his shape I am trying to give the advice I think would be most comfortable to him. When I work with people I don't try and shift their form too far outside of their natural realm unless their natural form is causing...
  13. Jimmy Hart

    Video Analysis: A Fun Little Game

    I'm going to disagree with willie a bit. I don't see any signs of over striding at all. You're foot is landing just in front of your center of mass with nearly every foot fall and for most of those you landed on a well bent knee which is what you want. If I were to choose one issue as the...
  14. Jimmy Hart

    *IMPORTANT* IBRD 2013 POLL - NEED YOUR VOTES

    I live in Texas and Cinco is a big deal. I see zero reason why we can't have our day on the same day as Cinco. In fact there are already a lot of races on that day because it's a fun day to have a celebration run. Leave it on the day it's been so twenty years from now we can all say it's...
  15. Jimmy Hart

    Video Analysis: A Fun Little Game

    It's too tricky to try and tell you which muscles to lift with being that everyone's dominant muscles in the firing pattern are different. Start by just trying to lift your knee about an inch higher through the drive phase and see how it goes.
  16. Jimmy Hart

    Video Analysis: A Fun Little Game

    cool idea with the exception one big flaw. these videos are real time so it's like trying to catch all the issues of someone just running in front of you. it's actually more difficult with videos because of angles, frame rates, and distance from the lens messing with the view. I do this for a...
  17. Jimmy Hart

    Altra Zero Drop footwear commercial

    That is crazy and I had no idea they jack you up that high. I'm shocked to hear that the NRS is both out and not answering emails. I know the people over there personally and they are usually really good at getting people taken care of. I did however just go to their site and it let me check...
  18. Jimmy Hart

    Altra Superior

    haha I just said that in the other thread but yes it does have a slimmer fit in the heel. It's on more of a performance last so it does fit a bit more snug than some of the other Altra models.
  19. Jimmy Hart

    Altra Zero Drop footwear commercial

    Probably not going to be something any shoe company will fix for you for a couple of reasons. 1. nearly every shoe is made on a last to fit a man's heel. The average guy has a rectangular shape to his foot so heel cups are bigger. our women's shoes have a narrower heel because they are...
  20. Jimmy Hart

    Altra Zero Drop footwear commercial

    Yes sir I can. I personally don't have those sitting around the house but check out my good friends at www.naturalrunningstore.com They have both options in stock and they ship international. I know we've been working on Australian distribution this year but have no idea where we are with it...