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Running on Sidewalk or Street

by Wala Hala <walahala@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jun 6, 2008 at 03:05 AM

I've run for a number of years and have regularly heard that, whenever 
possible, one should always run on streets instead of sidewalks because 
the asphalt of a street is "much softer" than the concrete of a sidewalk 
and it's better for your joints.

I've never found this to be true in my own experience -- streets have 
never seemed any softer than sidewalks.  

I assume part of this arises because the asphalt on a pedestrian/bike 
trail   is softer than the asphalt used for a city street.

Is there any significant difference between a street and a sidewalk, 
especially if one has a decent pair of running shoes?  

Googling around, I find a lot of anectodal evidence but very, very little 
hard evidence.  There are a number of cites of a "Runners World" article 
that rates surfaces with numbers 

http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=152

but the numbers appear to be purely subjective judgements.

This article cites both the Runners World piece and four studies in 
medical lit, which seem to cast a lot more doubt on any difference 
between concrete and asphalt:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060118/news_1c18sciqa.html

Does anyone have a good cite for how much difference there is between 
concrete and asphalt (as used for a typical sidewalk and street)?  
Ideally, this would put it into perspective for running on, say, a dirt 
trail, a rubberized track, and a path made of the purest, ****niest  
diamond.
 




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Running on Sidewalk or Street
Wala Hala <walahala@[E  2008-06-06 03:05:09 
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Ralph Jones <ralph@[EM  2008-06-06 08:33:35 
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lrudolph@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-06-06 11:06:04 
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johnf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-06-06 16:35:45 
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"Keith F. Lynch"  2008-06-07 17:42:02 
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Paul Cassel <pcasselre  2008-06-06 16:39:11 
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"Adrian Bailey"  2008-06-07 11:49:22 
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"Charles Wm. Dimmick  2008-06-07 08:23:17 
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Effet de Papillon <new  2008-06-07 22:32:08 
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Lon <lon.stowell@[EMAI  2008-06-07 16:54:50 
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Ray <vortren-newsx@[EM  2008-06-08 22:36:22 
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lrudolph@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-06-08 21:17:10 
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dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED] (D  2008-06-08 18:55:05 
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Lon <lon.stowell@[EMAI  2008-06-10 19:16:31 
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Monte Davis <monte.dav  2008-06-14 15:54:10 
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Mike Williams <nospam@  2008-06-08 04:25:12 
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"TMOliver" <  2008-06-08 10:58:14 
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Ralph Jones <ralph@[EM  2008-06-08 13:00:06 
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JoAnne Schmitz <jschmi  2008-06-10 05:10:11 
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"Keith F. Lynch"  2008-06-10 20:51:31 
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"artyw2@[EMAIL PROTE  2008-06-09 06:32:17 
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"Keith F. Lynch"  2008-06-10 21:02:23 
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Ray <vortren-newsx@[EM  2008-06-12 22:10:54 
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"Don Freeman" &  2008-06-12 15:47:14 
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lrudolph@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-06-12 20:48:39 
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"Charles Wm. Dimmick  2008-06-13 07:22:30 
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Nick Spalding <spaldin  2008-06-13 13:39:05 
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"TMOliver" <  2008-06-13 11:07:18 
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Ray <vortren-newsx@[EM  2008-06-13 19:55:56 
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Lon <lon.stowell@[EMAI  2008-06-10 19:20:32 
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"artyw2@[EMAIL PROTE  2008-06-12 12:21:25 
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Simon Slavin <slavins.  2008-06-08 20:42:25 
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"TMOliver" <  2008-06-09 09:57:35 
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"Keith F. Lynch"  2008-06-10 20:57:07 
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Hatunen <hatunen@[EMAI  2008-06-10 19:53:47 
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David Scheidt <dscheid  2008-06-11 03:20:51 
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lrudolph@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-06-11 05:34:53 
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David Scheidt <dscheid  2008-06-11 17:38:22 
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greymaus <greymausg@[E  2008-06-11 17:38:25 
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R H Draney <dadoctah@[  2008-06-11 11:59:31 
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David Scheidt <dscheid  2008-06-11 19:22:57 
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"Charles Wm. Dimmick  2008-06-11 18:49:39 
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R H Draney <dadoctah@[  2008-06-11 18:22:13 
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"Keith F. Lynch"  2008-06-14 15:28:07 
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richardcasady@[EMAIL PROT  2008-06-11 15:03:25 
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Hatunen <hatunen@[EMAI  2008-06-11 10:58:40 
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richardcasady@[EMAIL PROT  2008-06-11 22:13:52 
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"Reunite Gondwanalan  2008-06-11 19:21:24 
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"TMOliver" <  2008-06-12 10:30:44 
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David Scheidt <dscheid  2008-06-12 16:45:21 
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"Charles Wm. Dimmick  2008-06-13 07:13:40 
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Ann Burlingham <annb@[  2008-06-15 14:09:44 
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"TMOliver" <  2008-06-15 14:54:18 
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"Charles Wm. Dimmick  2008-06-15 18:37:23 
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lrudolph@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-06-15 20:05:32 
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"Charles Wm. Dimmick  2008-06-15 20:55:36 
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Lon <lon.stowell@[EMAI  2008-06-15 19:16:07 
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David Scheidt <dscheid  2008-06-12 15:37:45 
Re: Running on Sidewalk or Street
"Reunite Gondwanalan  2008-06-14 17:18:32 
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"Keith F. Lynch"  2008-06-14 15:03:17 
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David Scheidt <dscheid  2008-06-14 19:11:55 
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"TMOliver" <  2008-06-14 15:51:44 
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"Reunite Gondwanalan  2008-06-14 17:25:38 
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"Charles Wm. Dimmick  2008-06-15 08:49:14 
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Contents May Have Settled  2008-06-10 03:08:19 
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"Keith F. Lynch"  2008-06-10 20:53:20 
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lrudolph@[EMAIL PROTECTED  2008-06-10 21:54:16 
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Pete Wilcox <pw2@[EMAI  2008-06-11 21:35:11 
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Lee Ayrton <layrton@[E  2008-06-13 10:58:54 
Re: Running on Sidewalk or Street
R H Draney <dadoctah@[  2008-06-13 16:52:33 

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