Uncover your inner athlete!

Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be eaten.. Each morning in Africa a lion awakes - it knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve.


No matter if you are the lion or the gazelle, when the sun comes up you had better be running!



Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Drills

This is a short video that highlights some of the runners drills that we should be doing to supplement our training and to ensure that we go faster and remain injury free in the long run.

The objective of all training should be to make us more economical as runners - that is getting more out of expending the same amount of energy as before.

The main thing to keep in mind for us as long distance runners is the slight forward lean from the ankles. The lean must not come from the waist as this can cause injury. The legs need to be loaded and released like a pogo stick.

This I have found is the single most significant thing that has enabled me to improve my running. Get the lean right and the rest literally falls into place very easily.

Running together (while improving economy) - stride for stride on a life changing ride! -- Sean Muller

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