Quote Originally Posted by Starfish View Post
Uh, oh...I think heel striking is exactly how I used to run. No wonder.
I think that is how everyone learns to run. Striking with your mid-foot I think is a relatively new running form that has become very popular.

If it weren't for going to a running coach for 6 months, I wouldn't have changed my form.

He basically had to retrain my body how to run and how to plant my foot down.

I know the book, Evolution Running, speaks to this kind of running form as well.

I will say though, when I run downhills I do a heel strike. It hurts my lower legs less.