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The primary aim of this study was to use IMUs to investigate the relationship between negative foot speed and top running speed attained during a sprint on an outdoor track. The secondary aim of this study was to use IMUs to investigate the relationship between initial contact foot velocity and running speed on a stride-by-stride basis for a sprint on an outdoor track. Seventeen participants performed 80-meter track sprints while wearing a shoe-mounted IMU. The anteroposterior component, vertical component, and magnitude of the velocity of the foot at initial contact was extracted from the IMU for each stride. For the mean peak stride speed of 7.98\u00b10.78m\/s and average stride speed of 7.43\u00b10.68m\/s, the adjusted R<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> values were 0.27 and 0.69, 0.42 and 0.64, and 0.42 and 0.75 versus the anteroposterior, vertical, and magnitude of initial contact foot velocity, respectively. 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