About the Authors

Kim Hébert-Losier

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kim.hebert-losier@waikato.ac.nz

Affiliations School of Sport and Human Movement, Division of Health, University of Waikato, Tauranga, New Zealand, Research & Development, The Running ClinicTM, Lac-Beauport, Canada

Hannah Knighton

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Sport and Human Movement, Division of Health, University of Waikato, Tauranga, New Zealand

Steven Finlayson

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Sport and Human Movement, Division of Health, University of Waikato, Tauranga, New Zealand

Benjamin Peterson

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Podiatry, School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton North, Australia, S.P.O.R.T Research Cluster, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton North, Australia

Competing Interests

Kim Hébert-Losier is a speaker for the Running Clinic, a continuing education organization that translates scientific evidence to healthcare professionals and the public. Internal university funds from Te Huataki Waiora School of Health, University of Waikato, New Zealand, were used to purchase all footwear used as part of this research (grant or award number: not applicable). This work was not endorsed by any footwear company. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.