Beginning to Run Thread

[Catrin]

We had a special workout today for Labor Day that was nothing short of epic. The last section of the workout included quite a few 50 meter sprints, I lost count. Lots of exercise before and after each sprint but the running was far from as a painful as it once was. My heel was no worse at the end than the beginning so apparently all of the work I've been doing to that calf and heel is helping I must also say that I wasn't all that concerned with actually sprinting, and was just running. I had just completed something like 35 fast deadlifts and 70 box jumps (7 sets of 5 deadlifts + 10 box jumps and that wasn't the beginning) - no way was I going to really sprint. I've another session tomorrow morning and want to be able to move

It's been too hot to run outside but I hope to hit the trail at least once this week.

[OakLeaf]

Doing great Catrin!

One tip on the video ... I don't have the expertise to comment either, but it was hard to see much from the angles in the clip you posted. The way they do it in the ChiRunning workshops is in a circle with the videographer in the center. Start with your back to them and run the radius so they record you straight on from the rear, which will show your hip stability - turn and run the circle while they pivot in place and record you from the side, which will show your posture, foot strike and hip rotation - then turn and run towards them while they record you from the front, which will show your arm swing and shoulder stability.

[Catrin]

Doing great Catrin!

One tip on the video ... I don't have the expertise to comment either, but it was hard to see much from the angles in the clip you posted. The way they do it in the ChiRunning workshops is in a circle with the videographer in the center. Start with your back to them and run the radius so they record you straight on from the rear, which will show your hip stability - turn and run the circle while they pivot in place and record you from the side, which will show your posture, foot strike and hip rotation - then turn and run towards them while they record you from the front, which will show your arm swing and shoulder stability.

This is good to know, the trainer helping me wasn't sure what he was doing either - which made two of us