Data for 'Running economy benefits of shoes incorporating advanced footwear technology decrease with increasing incline and are negligible above moderate gradients'

Abstract

These data relate to an investigation into the energetic cost of gradient running in running shoes incorporating advanced footwear technology, in comparison to a traditional running shoe. The data are gross metabolic rate (rate of oxygen consumption) in two running shoe conditions - Nike ZoomX Vaporfly Next% shoe (VF) and Nike ZoomX Streakfly shoe (SF). The running economy benefit of VF relative to SF decreased with increasing incline