Scientific Method Using Running Shoes

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Will people who wear running shoes while they run be able to run faster for a longer period of time? If people wear running shoes while they run, then they will be able to run faster for a longer period of time. My experiment consisted of gathering a group of cross-country runners. I provided half of them with running shoes with regular running shoe soles (control group) (independent variable), while the other half I provided with what appeared to be running shoes, but had tennis shoe soles (experimental group). I then had the runners run a total of five miles around a track two times a week for six months (dependant variable). After every run I had the runners then report their times and their total distances. I noticed that the runners with the tennis shoe soles were running at a substantially slower time and some not even making the prescribed distance of five miles. Some even complained about foot pains and aches. Where as the runners with the regular running shoes ran the prescribed distance at a much faster time than the runners with the tennis shoe soles. At the middle mark of three months, I switched the shoes between the runners so that the runners who had running shoes in the beginning had the tennis shoe soles and the runners with the tennis shoe soles now had the regular running shoes. I had the runners repeat the same process they had been doing for the last three months. At the end of the six months I saw the same pattern as before. The runners with the tennis shoe soles were again lagging in speed and distance, as well as complaining about foot pains and aches. The runners with the running shoe soles were again completing the run with no difficulty. After my results from the track I decided to take it to a trail. I had the runners run along a path for a total of fifteen minutes all of them ran with running shoes first. At the end of this run

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