49: New Balance Nation with Ben Hazelwood

In this week's episode we sit down with New Balance Research Engineer, Ben Hazelwood, to discuss what goes into testing and evaluating some of the best shoes on the market. We reference a few different studies in this conversation and we've linked them here:

Papers on modeling marathon performances by Michael Joyner:
https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/jappl.1991.70.2.683
https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/a-2539-1381
Paper about foot strike and response to super shoes:
https://www.ovid.com/jnls/acsm-msse/abstract/10.1249/mss.0000000000003411~the-influence-of-super-shoes-and-foot-strike-pattern-on
An abstract from Ben's master’s:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19424280.2025.2489682#d1e145

Getting Technical with Russell Wells

Carbon Plated and Elated: The Super Shoe Revolution

The "Truth" about racing with Sam Truax

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