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An athletic shoe system for running disciplines and a process for emitting and/or exchanging information concerning movement factors of running disciplines enabling the athlete to always be sufficiently informed regarding his/her training program that is in progress or completed. In particular, in a

An athletic shoe system for running disciplines and a process for emitting and/or exchanging information concerning movement factors of running disciplines enabling the athlete to always be sufficiently informed regarding his/her training program that is in progress or completed. In particular, in an area of the sole that is less stressed during use, at least one free space is provided where a transmitter is housed which, via a sensor provided in the sole, can emit at least one output signal. In accordance with preferred embodiments, a transmitter in a first shoe of a pair of shoes receives the signals from the sensor and transmits emissions in correspondence with their receipt. The transmitted emissions are received by a remote receiver, that is linked with a computer, and the remote receiver receives the transmitted emissions directly from the transmitter of the first shoe and indirectly via a receiver and transmitter of a second shoe of the pair. The computer determines the distance between the first and second shoes, on the basis of the delay between receipt by the remote receiver of the directly and indirectly received emissions, as well as other characteristic values related to stride rate or length.

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An athletic shoe system for running disciplines having a sensor means provided in a sole of at least one shoe of a pair of shoes for emitting signals as a function of contact between the sole and the ground, a transmitter means in at least one of said pair of shoes for receiving said signals from th

An athletic shoe system for running disciplines having a sensor means provided in a sole of at least one shoe of a pair of shoes for emitting signals as a function of contact between the sole and the ground, a transmitter means in at least one of said pair of shoes for receiving said signals from the sensor means and for transmitting emissions in correspondence with the receipt of said signals, at least one receiver means for receiving the emissions from the transmitter means, and computer means linked with the receiver means for determining the length of strides taken with the pair of shoes as a function of the signals emitted by the sensor means based on the emissions received by the receiver means, wherein said sensor means comprises a ground contact responsive sensor in a first shoe of said pair of shoes, wherein said transmitter means comprises a transmitter in each of said shoes, wherein said receiver means comprises a receiver in a second shoe of said pair of shoes and a remote receiver coupled to said computer means, and wherein said computer means, via the remote receiver coupled to the computer means, receives emissions from said transmitters based upon the issuance of said signals by said sensor means and has means for determining the distance between said shoes as a function of a delay in receiving emissions directly from said transmitter in the first shoe relative to the receipt thereof via the receiver and transmitter in the second shoe.