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Runners have long debated the difference between training on a treadmill and training on solid ground. “Belt turnover” is commonly cited as a factor that helps to move your foot backwards and thereby makes running on a treadmill easier than running on the road. At constant velocity, is this a real effect? If so, wouldn’t it be felt on any “moving” surface you walk on, such as a train or plane – or even Earth?

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We realise that this discussion could – if you’ll forgive the pun – run and run, so we are declaring the correspondence closed with reference…

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