Are 'activation' & 'stability' exercises needed for runners who strength train properly?

BIO: Male, 31, primarily into running 5 days per week, lifting 2-3 times.

A lot of passionate runners don't strength train much, if at all.

Many just throw a bunch of relatively 'easy' body-weight drills at the end of their run, like plank, side plank, glute bridge, clams, lateral leg raises etc, plus exercises for ankle and foot, and often foam rolling. Apparently this activation / minor strengthening helps stride mechanics and injury prevention.

But if I already foam roll and hit my core, glutes, and in fact, every muscle with weight training (e.g. squats, kettlebell swings, lunges, presses, chin-ups, push-ups, etc) 2-3 times per week, is such 'activation' superfluous? The work I do already hits my glutes, hamstrings, quads, calves, core quite hard with progressive overload.

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