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Quiz Questions

• 1.
  As muscles and tendons are stretched, they store elastic energy like a rubber band, and that energy is then returned when these tissues shorten, this is known as stabilization.

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False
• 2.
  Stabilization—when your foot hits the ground during running, a (insert term) effect occurs and without internal stabilization your body would tend to pitch forward and plunge face-first into the ground

  • A.
    springing
  • B.
    braking
  • C.
    lengthening
• 3.
  Skeletal Strength—humans posses a number of adaptations for stress dissipation that appear to differentiate them from their more arboreal ancestors, the expansion of bony joint surfaces in places like the knee, hip, and between the vertebrae in order to spread out the area over which force is applied during ground contact

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False
• 4.
  Thermoregulation—humans have a secret weapon that allows them to drive a quadruped into hyperthermia, the ability to withstand colder temperatures.

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False
• 5.
  Also known as the sprinting foot strike

  • A.
    Rearfoot
  • B.
    Midfoot
  • C.
    Forefoot
• 6.
  Also known as the "metatarsal plant"

  • A.
    Midfoot
  • B.
    Rearfoot
  • C.
    Forefoot
• 7.
  Also known as the "static-heel metatarsus plant"

  • A.
    Midfoot
  • B.
    Forefoot
  • C.
    Rearfoot
• 8.
  This term defines specifically, which part of the foot makes initial contact with the ground while one runs.

  • A.
    Stride
  • B.
    Foot strike
  • C.
    Gait
• 9.
  What are the four basic areas that seem to have evolved due to their benefit for running

  • A.
    Speed, Skeletal Strength, Agility and Thermodynamics
  • B.
    Energetics, Stabilization, Skeletal Strength and Thermoregulation
  • C.
    Speed, Energetics, Thermoregulation and Skeletal Strength
• 10.
  Running injuries are relatively new, runners in the mid-twentieth century were rarely injured.

  • A.
    True
  • B.
    False
• 11.
  Bill Bowerman was a track and field coach at which university?

  • A.
    Harvard
  • B.
    University of Oregon
  • C.
    University of Washington
• 12.
  Many runners could benefit from including some amount of (insert term) form work into their training arsenal.

  • A.
    stride-lengthening
  • B.
    stride-shortening
  • C.
    knee-drive

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