{"id":8156,"date":"2019-12-07T00:06:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T14:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intraining.com.au\/?p=8156"},"modified":"2021-08-18T14:27:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T04:27:42","slug":"brooks-launch-the-bridge-between-a-trainer-and-racer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev3.dxcoders.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/07\/brooks-launch-the-bridge-between-a-trainer-and-racer\/","title":{"rendered":"BROOKS Launch &#8211; The bridge between a trainer and racer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Brooks Launch 8: &nbsp;<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h3><strong>The Bridge between a trainer and racer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Now available in neutral and stability versions.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When you first start running it is hard to know what shoe will be the best for you.&nbsp; The more you run and the more strength and co-ordination you gain, the closer you get to your ideal running biomechanics.&nbsp; This is when your shoe choice opens up to include multiple shoes for different conditions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As you increase your weekly kilometres and number of sessions there becomes a point when you should have multiple pairs of shoes.&nbsp; That occurs for most people between 40 and 60 kilometres a week.&nbsp; At this stage, you should try and have two different kinds of shoes.&nbsp; That way the stress you put on your feet changes between runs and that helps reduce injury risk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you have a training shoe then it would be better for your second pair to be a lighter trainer to use for speedwork and races.&nbsp; Not everyone should go straight to a racer or racer\/trainer.&nbsp; A better first step is a shoe like the Brooks Launch that bridges the gap between having a training shoe and having a racing shoe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Launch is about two-thirds of the weight of a high mileage trainer like the Adrenaline.&nbsp; The reduction in weight is only one of the benefits.&nbsp; It is also more flexible and firmer.&nbsp; When you run in the Launch it gives less resistance during weightbearing so you do not have to fight the shoe as you run faster with a greater range of motion.&nbsp; The firmer midsole means less loss of power in propulsion.&nbsp; All three of these factors translate to faster running.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Brooks Launch has been a very popular and successful shoe for many of the runners at my speed sessions.&nbsp; Each Brand has shoes that are in this category of a lightweight trainer.&nbsp; Why not drop into intraining at 535 Milton Rd Toowong and try them out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brooks Launch 8: &nbsp; The Bridge between a trainer and racer Now available in neutral and stability versions. When you first start running it is hard to know what shoe will be the best for you.&nbsp; The more you run and the more strength and co-ordination you gain, the closer you get to your ideal [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":101054,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev3.dxcoders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev3.dxcoders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev3.dxcoders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev3.dxcoders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101054"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev3.dxcoders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8156"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dev3.dxcoders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10736,"href":"https:\/\/dev3.dxcoders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156\/revisions\/10736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev3.dxcoders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev3.dxcoders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev3.dxcoders.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}