Preprint examining the effect (or lack thereof) of carbon fiber insoles on running economy

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Postdoc Owen Beck, PhD student Pawel Golyski, and PI Greg Sawicki have just released a preprint investigating the effects of carbon fiber shoe insoles on metabolic cost and ankle muscle mechanics. Spoiler: they didn’t find an appreciable effect of carbon fiber insoles on running economy or muscle mechanics… Read it here!