Podcast 142: Running in Circles? How your brain manipulates the body parts to get us to run straight.

  Visual targeting during running. How we manage to run in a straight line when we clearly should be running in circles. 1. How exercise reprograms the brain: https://www.the-scientist.com/features/this-is-your-brain-on-exercise-64934 2. The influence of prolonged running and footwear on lower extremity biomechanics Gillian Weir , Carl Jewell, Hannah Wyatt , Matthieu B. Trudeau, Eric Rohr, Gert-Peter Brüggemann & show all Received 20 Aug 2018, Accepted 18 Oct 2018, Published online: 20 Nov 2018 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19424280.2018.1539127?tokenDomain=eprints&tokenAccess=mWfmhgSBXzETDAAhnAbk&forwardService=showFullText&doi=10.1080%2F19424280.2018.1539127&doi=10.1080%2F19424280.2018.1539127&journalCode=tfws20 3. New study: the thick foam midsole in Nike's Vaporfly 4% shoe stores and returns ~45 times more energy per stride than the bending of the carbon fiber plate. https://www.outsideonline.com/2367961/how-do-nikes-vaporfly-4-shoes-actually-work?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=onsiteshare