PAVEMENT SURFACE TEXTURE INFLUENTIAL ON RUNNING PERFORMANCE OF MEDIUM-TO-LONG-DISTANCE RUNNERS

Abstract

 Running or jogging is one of the easy exercises for all the people regardless their ages. From the past research, runners feel comfortable when they run on pavements in the aspect of pushing off with their feet and touchdown impact. However, it does not figure out what are associated indices with pavement. The authors found that surface texture is highly related with runners feeling and/or sense when running. And then surface texture indices including MPD, skewness and kurtosis are proposed to evaluate the pavement condition that runners feel comfortable. Also, the authors propose what type of asphalt pavement is preferable for runners.