feet and toe's

[bert.dol@philips.com]

List-members (especially Matt Bonnan),

Last week I took a ride in an elevator, bored as I could have been. It was a 
type of elevator which has no door in front so you can see the wall in front of 
you 'going down'. I pretended my hand were theropod feet and made my tracks on 
the wall. I 
noticed however that the last part of my hand leaving the wall were my fingers. 
So, after this short introduction let me ask my question:
Is there a relation between the possible running speed of a theropod and the 
size/shape/etc of it's toe's? Or maybe it's feet? I know there is a relation 
between the size of the bones in the legs and the angle between them, but what 
about toe's? As far 
as I know the last part leaving the ground when running (or walking for that 
matter) are the toe's...
And Matt, I at least expect a reply from you because you've been challenging us 
about more thoughts on feet. I made a complete fool of myself today running and 
walking barefoot in our new 3 million dollar laboratory to clarify my ideas to 
my ever curious 
(and grinning) collegues... :-)

Bert Dol
Fysisch analist-2
Innovation & Engineering Group
Philips Semiconductors Stadskanaal
The Netherlands
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