January 2012

GENERAL NEWS:

• Tuesday 31st January: There will be a normal club night from the hut .

• Next Races:
  5th February Charnwood Hills
  12th February LRRL Desford 10K - New Start & Finish @ MARKET BOSWORTH RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB. The Club House, Cadeby Lane, Market Bosworth, Nuneaton, Warks. CV13 0BE

• Subs: Are now due for 2012.

• Club FORUM:
  Arrange your training runs, organise teams, share news etc. It is there for you, make use of it.

• AGM: Held on Sunday 27th November - Pat Keating is our new Chairman, Mark Stock our new Men's Captain. All other positions remain unchanged.
  Minutes of the meeting are now available.

• Mizuno Running Shoe Trial:
  My name is Dr Bryan Roberts and I am a Researcher based at Loughborough University Sports Technology Institute. We are hosting a running shoe trial for Mizuno in January and we hoping to find some recruits. If it’s possible ,would you mind sending this to your list of runners? For completing the test, which is only 2 hours of your time, each participant will receive a free t-shirt and the most comprehensive report available of their running gait from coaches and experts for free.
  So, the trial:
  The study will be looking at the biomechanical differences in forefoot vs heel strike runners using a sophisticated biomechanical system where markers are placed over the entire body, clothed of course. From this and other instruments we will analyse your foot and body measurements, 3D whole-body kinematics, foot-strike kinematics and joint moments / torques. This is likely to be the most in-depth analysis of your gait that you are likely to get for free. In the end we are aiming to investigate the minimal running shoe debate, to see if wearing different types of shoes changes your gait.

  This study will likely occur in December and January next year, but we have a screening/ selection day coming up in the next two to three weeks.
  What we are asking at the moment, is that if you fit one of the two categories below, that you would sign up for our screening day soon. The session is likely to last 15mins in the Sports Technology Institute, in which you will be asked to fill out a questionnaire, then we will analyse your gait quickly using a high speed video on a treadmill at a comfortable running speed of your choice. We will tell you immediately what type of foot-striker you are, then after post-processing we will let you know if you have been selected for the full analysis. Unfortunately the t-shirts will only be given to those selected for the main study. So, if you are interested then please reply to this email (B.Roberts@lboro.ac.uk ) and I will get in touch with dates and more details. There is a bit of leaway in some of the criteria, so please still get in touch if you are interested but don’t fit.

  CATEGORY 1 - FAN RUNNER :
  18-45yr old
  70-90kg
  5-15km per week
  Half marathon in 2hrs (or equivalent 10km)
  UK7-11 shoe size
  Please disclose any major injuries

  CATEGORY 2 - FAST RUNNER:
  18-45yr old
  65-80kg
  50+km per week
  Half marathon in 1hr 15min (or equivalent 10km)
  UK7-11 shoe size
  Please disclose any major injuries

  Thanks again and very much appreciate your help in this. Please pass this email onto anyone you feel may be interested, particularly in the fast runner category,

  Bryan

  Dr Bryan Roberts
  Research Associate
  Sports Technology Institute, Loughborough University