Super shoes are reshaping distance running. Thanks to innovative materials and construction, this new type of footwear is engineered to help runners go quicker with less effort. So how fast can we go in the future? And is it cheating?!

Ready? Set ... Go!

Host Roma Agrawal races through a fascinating conversation with:

Jared Ward, long distance runner, Olympian, and BYU professor.

Wouter Hoogkamer, researcher at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, who studies human locomotion and biomechanics.

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