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Mostly for running shoe geeks. This paper had the working title “Energy Return - WTF?” It has been retitled and will be published in the next issue of Footwear Science. Those of you familiar with a previous publication will get it when I say it could have been titled “Energy is neither ‘energy’ nor ‘return’.” It challenges some of the conventional wisdom around energy return in running shoes and its influence on running performance, and has some implications for the design of “super shoes” The paper is just been published online. It is open access so it can be downloaded (free) https://lnkd.in/g-gE2Sd2 I’d like to add that the published version was much improved in response to “robust” feedback from two anonymous reviewers. Peer review is a chore. I don’t like doing it and I don’t like being on the receiving end either. But it is an essential component of the process so I give my best effort to both sides of the reviewing process. It works.