Today's run was painful. Why you ask? I am glad you asked.
My next race coming up is the Pocatello Half marathon course and today run
involved running the hardest part of the course forward then backward. And
compared to last week run this one was not very fun at all. As you can tell by
my times. But, by the grace of God I did finish and just woke up from my almost
two hour recovery nap. But I would like to pose a question to you all and get
your opinion. I have notice that when running down hill or even up hill my run
better than running slightly down hill. For example I can keep a pace at 7:15 to 7:30 on flat, but when I am running
slightly down hill I am running about an 8:00
minute mile. I talked this over with Kory this morning and he told me that we
use different muscles when running and the muscles we use up, down and flat are
different that the one we use for running down hill slightly and I am not use
to using those muscles very much. I have to agree, but I would like your opinion
on this. Thanks for reading and have a great day and weekend!
From Ashbaker on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:28:01 from 98.99.87.102
No details Barry? How did it go?
From Barry on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 13:09:45 from 67.61.238.49
Steve, thanks for asking. It was painful. I ran a different course than last week than my body is not use to running. I do have a question i would like to ask you, i hope you don't mind. I have notice that when running down hill or even up hill my run better than running slightly down hill. For example I can keep a pace at 7:15 to 7:30 on flat, but when I am running slightly down hill I am running about an 8:00 minute mile. I talked this over with Kory this morning and he told me that we use different muscles when running and the muscles we use up, down and flat are different that the one we use for running down hill slightly and I am not use to using those muscles very much. I have to agree, but I would like your opinion on this.
From Ashbaker on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 19:22:00 from 76.27.0.45
Kory is right, but I am wondering about if is besides the fatigue, are you braking with your feet too far forward from overstriding or something else etc? I need to see you run downhill to really get an accurate assessment though. Keep practicing running down hills. perhaps use 1 minute repeats at mile effort with full recovery twice a week to practice form. Just be careful because I know how prone you are to shin splints. That fact also clues me that you may not be bending knees enough and landing on your leg farther out with it being straighter. The shin splints sometimes are not just shoes or mileage adaptation but also a matter of shock absorbtion and not over striding. What is your leg turnover at 5k pace, at training pace?
From Ashbaker on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 19:24:07 from 76.27.0.45
Also try to run shorter strides with less contact time. That may help correct overstriding if it is the problem.
From Barry on Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 00:06:34 from 67.61.238.49
Steve, thank you so much for all your help. I am going to have Kory's wife take a video of me running downhill tomorrow and then i will somehow send it to you. I will have to ask Kory for help. Also, how do i figure out my turnover pace for a 5k?
From Ashbaker on Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 18:58:13 from 98.97.238.102
Count your stride rate on one leg for ten seconds times six. That should get you pretty close. Anything else?
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