Or so you think…

It doesn’t – certainly not up to marathon distance.

The bit I’m not convinced about is that what you were doing was what came naturally. You may have made some changes which took you back to the “normal” running style that you had as a young child.

You’re saying that I should do what comes naturally, aren’t you?

I’ve told you many many times – I started off doing that, I did it between the ages of 10 and 34. And then I thought about it a bit, and got much better. I really don’t understand why you don’t believe me on this.

I’m saying that you should do what comes naturally yes. A zombie shuffle isn’t natural at 10 years old…

Baby – my running style doesn’t change with distance. I always land mid foot first, then heel lands shortly afterwards.

Some of whom are striking their heels way out in front of them.

And your point is what?

Have you ever seen an able bodied kid who thought they had a rubbish running style that they had to work on?

Kids running. :D

I didn’t expect you to agree with it.

Squat like a baby.

If you want to know what good running technique looks like, or any movement pattern for that matter, look at young kids and see how they move.

Many on here will think that I am Oedipus – bit of a mutha…….

Good – I’m happy for you. :D

Not if you’re sensible. It’s next to no distance, but walk some of them if you have to.

Lets take molgrips as an example – he’s doing 5-10k/week with a couple of other things thrown in sometimes. For him to do 35km/wk would be anything between a 700% increase and a 200% increase. Never a good idea.

Surfer – You seeing any improvements?

try something like

try to not lose the will to live when watching the video.

That’s why I reckon he should run 5k a day for a while.

One way ticket to injury that one…

I try to do one 5-10k a week, one sprint session and one tempo session, but sometimes only two of those. Or none…

That there illustrates your problem beautifully. You wouldn’t start putting sprint sessions into a mountain bike training programme without first building up the base by spending time on the bike….

You would go out and ride your bike and mess about with it until you are comfortable on the bike. Running is the same. Keep your clothes on though.

Anyone have a decent method for sorting out a peroneal tendon issues, mostly peroneus brevis , as it’s been hampering me for months now

Yip – strengthen tibialis posterior.

For those looking to get a better technique I’d advise running a 5k everyday for the month of October.

What have you been smoking?

Erm – that’s what the handbrake is for…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7605026.stm

Just be glad you weren’t on your driving test.

Call it what you want. Play at the ministry of funny runs. You’ll enjoy it more than working on technique. :D

Get a can of coke or some other such beverage – freeze it. Put it under your foot and roll it back and forwards. Maybe consider getting a deep tissue massage for your calf muscles.

To be fair he’s done a wee bit of training. http://www.drandyfranklynmiller.com/

I would like to do an ironman next year, there is no way I will be able to do that if I don’t try and learn to improve the way I run.

My advice to you would be to go out and dick about with your running style – see what works best for you.

It’s not a contradiction when you think about it. I go out and just ride my bike, part of just just riding my bike is dicking about to try different things and see how they work out. Think of it as the ministry of silly runs.

As Surfer says – go out and run and the rest will take care of itself. I vary my technique during my runs, sometimes I go for the high cadence shuffle that some marathon runners use to great effect, sometimes I go for the short lever approach that has been mentioned a few posts back (bringing swinging foot close to arse) and sometimes just to show me how inefficient it is I go for a higher knee approach. Try varying your running style – you’ll soon find out what works for you. There are no definites in exercise.

He is part man, part ferret, all a***hole.

Podium – what medical/healthcare qualifications do you have?

Anything that is not propelling you forward is generally a waste of energy. I have a mate who is a lot fitter than me. We recently did a 5km race together, having never run together before. I saw from the start that his running style was about the least efficient I’ve ever seen. Due to this I spent 4.5km toying with him, before leaving him for dead. I eventually beat him by about 30 seconds.

The difference – my technique is much more efficient – my running club at school Steve Ovett as a coach while I was there.

For some reason I keep reading the thread title as horse stabbing instead of stabling. Similar to the way I read shopfitting as shoplifting.

I’m with the driver of the Range Rover on this one. Original collision appears to have been caused by the biker slowing down sharply without use of the brakes. Biker either did it deliberately to try and intimidate the car driver or was just a muppet.

Anything that happened afterwards was simply the car driver trying to escape from what I would consider to be a life threatening situation. If I was surrounded by dozens of bikers all wanting a piece I’d be doing everything in my power to escape from it too.

That’s my view and I suspect I’ll get flamed for it.

http://www.bettermovement.org/2013/how-does-foam-rolling-work/

My answer was the best realistic answer that there is. Anyone who claims to know the exact process is talking nonsense.

That is a very good question and one which you could spend many years trying to get an accurate answer to. It isn’t through tearing them though.

The former being done by holding stretches for up to 3 minutes, to tear muscle fibres and is much like any weight training.

Wooooooooaaaahhhhhh there tiger. Is that really what you believe? Tearing stuff is never a good idea.

For those of you who are interested this is about the best explanation that i’ve found of how foam rolling might reduce pain. http://www.bettermovement.org/2013/how-does-foam-rolling-work/

Hmm – Interesting. I still think it’s neck related, but your best route to go down would probably be to see your GP and see if they can sort it out or refer your to physio.

Aye – I did wonder Surfer. He does not think that fancy shoes make much sense.

I poke people in the bum, tell them to work harder and put more effort in.

As someone who used to live 2 mins away from the bus station, I was happy to tell them that the police saved them from losing all of their stuff. Buchanan Bus station late at night is an awful place, really really dodgy.

One man’s awful really really dodgy place is another man’s quiet place. The bus station is fine at night. Probably wouldn’t camp there though.

My favourite quote from the anti camp was ‘Obamacare is a socialist policy. Hitler was a National Socialist. Do you want Nazi policies?’

That is all sorts of special that quote.

if I don’t stretch after running I can barely walk the next day. Should I stop?

My personal advice for you would be to keep on stretching after running. This is on the basis of if it works for you then keep doing it.

MOAB – that’s pretty bloody scary.