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Running Shoes

Greg puts a pair of carbon plate trainers through their paces to find out if more expensive running shoes will make you run faster.

They cost anything from less than 拢20 to more than 拢250. So how do you pick the right pair? And will paying more make you run faster?

With the 鈥楥ouch to 5K鈥� app breezing past 5 million downloads, and marathon season well underway, two listeners ask Greg: What will they get for the extra money? A shoe more suited to their running style? More cushioning and fewer injuries? And will a top of the range pair with a carbon plate in the sole make them faster?

Greg Foot gets the answers from biomechanist, Dr Hannah Rice and sports technologist Professor Mike Caine. Plus, running writer, journalist and world record holder [for the fastest marathon in a full body animal costume (female)], Kate Carter.

This season we鈥檙e testing YOUR suggested wonder-products. If you鈥檝e seen an advert, trend or fad and want to know what the evidence says drop us an email to sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk or drop Greg a message direct on his social media where he鈥檚 @gregfoot

Presenter: Greg Foot

Producer: Julian Paszkiewicz

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Sat 7 May 2022 17:30
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