Subject: RE: Becoming a forefoot runner Thank you for being kind in your response. I appreciate your explanation. I am athlete who very much enjoys the varying responses. Especially from those who are coaches. It is very enlightening to someone who might be looking for one someday, seeing I will be self coached at the end of the month. Scout7 - 2010-04-20 1:41 PM Tracy, I'm all for working on running form. You will never ever see me tell someone to ignore their form. I don't think I've done so in this thread at all. Where perhaps we disagree is the manner in which a person goes about it. I agree with you 100% that form is something people should consider. However, I have always been of the mindset that there is no one perfect way to run, and that we are all unique individuals. So, with that in mind, I have the opinion that it is a better idea to work with what you got rather than try to force something you do not. I do nothing but run. No swimming, no biking, no weight lifting. I just run. I come from a running background, having run in HS, and then with the military. I have had the experience and privilege of helping people learn how to run, and how to improve their fitness. It has been my experience that the average person will find his or her own rhythm naturally, without having to put a whole lot of thought into it. Not everyone, but the majority of people. This has been my personal experience over the last 20 years. If you want to get better at running, you have to run a lot. The average triathlete, who is already strapped for time, tends not to run a lot, because there are two other time-consuming pieces to worry about. Hey, I understand that, and I know that it is generally unrealistic to tell most people they should be running 70 miles a week. Hence the reason I stated that most triathletes don't run enough; I think most people have not come to that realization yet. Edited by TracyV 2010-04-21 10:49 AM
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