John Goldthorp January 4, 2016 Movement, Runner's "Parts", Shoes Shoe Flaw #2: The Elevated Heel John Goldthorp January 4, 2016 Movement, Runner's "Parts", Shoes One of my mentors, Charlie Weingroff, put it best when he said, “the elevated heel is the bane of all human movement.” Ouch! Pretty harsh words, right? What's so bad about an elevated heel? And what exactly do I mean by an 'elevated heel'?