The exact relationship between running and its impact on pigeon-toed runner’s speed is hard to define or quantify. This is because of a wide variety of other factors that can affect this ability. Despite this, pigeon-toed athletes have been considered to be generally faster than other athletes.
Elite track attributes this to the fact that in an ordinary runner’s gait, the foot’s outer edge strikes the ground first and gradually rolls inward. In a way, this diffuses the force of the foot striking the ground. On the other hand, a pigeon-toed runner loses less of the impact, which then generates forward motion, or in other words, speed.