Have you noticed how many people seem to have suddenly taken up triathlons, adventure racing and lord knows what else? Overnight it appears that everyone seems to have forgone the gym and the yoga studio for more serious fitness pursuits.
A sign of these new fitness times (good lord, and it's not even the New Year, typically the time when every9one gets serious) is that you can't go into a sports shop nowadays without seeing a gait analysis machine.
Asics new store in Soho has one, Adidas in Camden have had one for a while, and even celebrity personal fitness trainer, Matt Roberts has developed his own gait analysis programme. So, what do they do, and are they are good?
Well, those good guys at NikeTown rather nicely invited me to try out their Gait Analysis service in London. Kitting me out with a pair of trainers, they filmed me from the back as I ran on a treadmill to see how I ran.
According to Nike, I was a neutral runner and didn't need any correction but if you over pronate - roll in - you need a shoe with support in the arch and perhaps even the forefront to help correct the roll and prevent injuries.
A good way of checking out if you have an issue with rolling in, or out, when you run is to look at the sole of your running trainers; if it's worn down in any particular place, that's a sure sign you need some help.
Don't think you need to be assessed next time you buy some shoes but if you put in a lot of mileage, then it's definitely worth it.
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