How do the carbon fiber plates in elite marathon running shoes actually impact running economy over the final ten kilometers of a race?
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How do the carbon fiber plates in elite marathon running shoes actually impact running economy over the final ten kilometers of a race?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
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ChatGPT real searches (2)
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Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
carbon plated shoes running economy fatigue marathon final 10 km biomechanics study oxygen cost fatigue Google ↗
carbon fiber plate running shoes running economy mechanism randomized controlled study 2-4 percent Google ↗
- Persistent Improvements in Running Economy With Advanced Footwear Technology During Prolonged Running in Trained Male Runners · pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Persistent Improvements in Running Economy With Advanced Footwear Technology During Prolonged Running in Trained Male Runners - Madsen - 2025 - Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports · onlinelibrary.wiley.com
- Effect of Footwear Longitudinal Bending Stiffness on Energy Cost, Biomechanics, and Fatigue during a Treadmill Half-Marathon. · pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Metabolic effects of carbon-plated running shoes: a systematic review and meta-analysis · pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Frontiers | Metabolic effects of carbon-plated running shoes: a systematic review and meta-analysis · frontiersin.org
- Metabolic cost of level, uphill, and downhill running in highly cushioned shoes with carbon-fiber plates · pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
carbon plated shoes running economy fatigue marathon final 10 km biomechanics study oxygen cost fatigue OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
carbon fiber plate running shoes running economy mechanism randomized controlled study 2-4 percent OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |