Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
That's one place where the Chi Running method is immediately obvious. Big, big torso rotation, keep your legs underneath or behind you, midfoot strike, and I fly down hills with like no impact at all.
I'll be thinking more about my torso next time I run downhill though - I have been taught to gently bend it forward (along the hill's incline) but not to rotate it.

The thing is: I need to run downhill for 2 miles at a time, on a 5% incline. Gravity does take its toll, and no matter what I do I still have to stop my weight at every step. I was amazed to find out yesterday that my downhill pace was 2m45s/km (whereas my pace for the whole run was 5m30s/km). Still, lots of people are passing me. Maybe I'm a downhill-weenie on the run! (I'm not at all on the bike.) I guess I need to progressively re-train for that....