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Good Bad & The Monkey
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
Just curious: what would you do with the info?
I am guessing if he is trying out some running styles that he would choose the one that provides the least amount of pounding to his spine and legs.
Does one exist? I'm interested in measuring the shock to my body (neck specifically) as I experiment with different running styles. Would like something I could attach to my neck and measure the G-force that it is experiencing with each footstrike.
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=410 .
Two options: 1) if you have a treadmill: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=410 Strap this thing to your body, plug it into a PC using the serial cable, and using Hyperterminal, monitor the acceleration as you run on the treadmill and try different strides. 2) If you dont have a treadmill, use one of these and go to an indoor 200m track. Place a laptop with a 100M range Bluetooth USB Dongle in the middle of the track Strap this to your body: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8563 Monitor the output with Hyperterminal as you try different strides. If you setup Hyperterminal correctly, you can log the data and analyze it using Excel or Matlab, etc.