Updated: 5:59 p.m. Sunday, March 10, 2013 | Posted: 5:59 p.m. Sunday, March 10, 2013
LeBlanc: Blade runner Sarah Reinertsen to speak about the evolution of prosthetics at SXSW Triathlete switches legs as she tackles a triathlon
By Pam LeBlanc
American-Statesman Staff
Sarah Reinertsen swaps feet the way others change running shoes.
If she’s hitting the track, she puts on one kind of prosthetic. If she’s going for a long run, she chooses something else. Each is attached to a C-shaped running “blade” designed to mimic the shape of a cheetah’s hind leg.
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