A.M.: Good run this morning. Ran six miles with the new shoes on the T-mill at a 1.0 incline.
P.M.: Ran four miles!
Saucony Progrid Hurricane 10 Miles: 4.00
Nike Shox Turmoil + Miles: 6.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From jtshad on Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 08:37:58 from 69.20.183.178
How is the job search going?
From Barry on Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 09:45:46 from 24.117.86.40
Not the greatest time to be looking for a job right now. In my opinion finding a job is asking people you know and if there work place is hiring. But thank you for asking. I was going to ask you a question. i hope you don't mind? What helped you the most in your running? And do you have any suggestions for me? It seems to be taking forever to build up any kind of speed. Thanks
From jtshad on Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 11:13:48 from 204.134.132.225
I will keep you in my prayers for the job search.
As far as what helped my running...first and foremost was changing my running style to have a faster turnover rate, shortening my stride to be more in my "box" or within my center of gravity and running with a more upright style and improving my power I put into the ground (better kick). On top of that was just a steady increase in my mileage to focus on endurance and including speed work (longer tempo runs, etc.) and more racing to increase my understanding of what my body is capable of. Hope this helps!
From Barry on Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 11:55:45 from 24.117.86.40
Thanks Jeff that was an awesome explanation of how you improved. I am going to try to adjust my running to do the same. As a child up to an adult i have always ran with a longer stride instead of a shorter one. And I have always had a hard time keeping up with people in races and even struggling during workouts. Did it take you a long time to adjust to you new style of running?
From jtshad on Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 12:13:16 from 204.134.132.225
Once I figure it out it took about a month to start to get used to it and several more months to really make it work for me and feel really natural and see real improvement. At first it felt like I was taking baby steps but running mid foot rather than heel striking immediately made the body feel beter from the lessening impact. I essentially added an additional step to my normal cadence and worked on making that natural. So istead of a 1-2-3 cadence, I upped it to a 1-2-3-4 cadence in the same timeframe (about 1.5 - 2 seconds) and worked to get my breathing pattern in tune with this new stride rate. When it came together, I then focused on pushing harder with each stride which results in a longer stride length. These 2 factors lead to improved pace, less fatigue and less injury.
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