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lmao ^^

nice

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFxPlUKrZPQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFxPlUKrZPQ</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJWPwVF30yo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJWPwVF30yo</a>

someone mentions mo's dorsiflexion in an article:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QydB0G1RPUc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QydB0G1RPUc</a>

http://www.livestrong.com/article/438560-the-average-stride-length-in-running/

hm... I think this technique I talked about above, is pretty legit.

When I woke up today, I didn't even feel like training, was going to rest. But, I wanted to experiment so badly that I trained anyway..

I tried it for ~0.5 mi to 1 mi (so 0.5 mi total). My mile time wasn't as impressive as I wanted it to be for the experiment, 6:12 min/mi.. however.. a few things:

- I didn't perform it 100% the way I should have, ie, I didn't focus as much as I should have on a stiffer leg/hip.. I did, but not enough. On the run home, I realized I didn't do it the way I should have.
- I was running ~9 mph from 0 to 0.5 mi
- I turned the experimental style on at ~0.5 mi
- I hit 12.3 mph at ~0.75 mi
- I stayed above 10 mph for the entire time I was experimenting
- After I stopped the experiment, I ran pretty slow
- I couldn't even hit 10' from L-SLRVJ .. legs toast
- Hamstrings / calves have been sore all day
- Completely drenched when I got to the court .. so pretty hot/humid out
- On the way home, even though I was running really slow, every time I turned on the "experimental style" I went over 9 mph (from 9 mph to exactly 10 mph)
- I hit 10 mph when I tried to stride the "6 foot steps"

obviously their could be some bias going on.. we always look to confirm our ideas.. but, I think the 12.3 mph stat is pretty important.. legs being so dead, yet hitting 12.3 mph, doesn't really happen with me. For me to hit 12mph+ I usually have to be "forefoot sprinting".

i dno.. i'm optimistic about it.

 

re: the footstrike vs stride length thing, have you read the whole series that ross tucker and whathisface did on running form and barefoot running? it's brilliant, and they caution against focusing on footstrike when trying to improve running form, explicitly because of the injury risk.

this? http://sportsscientists.com/2008/04/running-technique-the-footstrike/

if so ya.. sounds like you're referring to something else though.

i'm just starting to think the reason why we see so many footstrike articles/videos etc is because it's simply much easier to change footstrike than getting people to work on their hips. It's also marketable towards minimalist shoes and such. Anyone can change their foot strike instantly.. whether or not they do it correctly/safely is a different question.

But getting people to use their hips more? I mean we can barely get people to use their hips more when jumping.. We often take the approach that strengthening/activating the glutes/hams will result in us using them more during a jump, which it usually does.. but running is a bit different imho, since it's thousands of strides and i'm personally not even lifting.

I've still yet to see anyone run "fast" while i'm running. Hardly see anyone running at all.. Mo Farah posted that he was running on south beach a few weeks ago.. Imagine going for a run and seeing Mo Farah trotting along easily at 11+ mph. lool.

pc!

oh snap. nice! feels good.

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    Andrew Darqui                 <andrew dot darqui at gmail dot com>

 

recent (latest phase of re-training) L-SLRVJ 
- 10'6 touch

that basically puts me at 30" RVJ for L-SLRVJ.. need to make that more consistent now.

my big first goal is 10'8" L-SLRVJ and running 3 consecutive miles at <= 5:59 min/mi.

pc!