run form/leg help

I went to the Sports Factory to have them review my stride and form.   They filmed me on the tready and it was hugely insightful.   They gave me a bunch of things to work on then did a follow up to see the progress.   I corrected lots of issues.   It was a long haul for me and I stopped at that point.   I should have stayed with them for a session or two longer.   I think i would have been better off now.

Originally posted by atlTri4Food I would also recommend Kyle O'Day with Continuum Sports. I've done a lot of work with Kyle on my run form and will continue to work with him in the offseason. The first session of working with Kyle was doing a detailed video of my run. When I say detailed, I mean detailed There were a lot of ah-ha moments when we went over the video together and that gave me a few things to work on. After I worked on my own for a couple of weeks, we would meet again and correct something else from my session. I think this would work good for you given you don't have to meet every week. Plus, the video analysis is extremely helpful. I think part of why I liked it so much is that he didn't have me correcting 19 things at once. We worked on a couple of things at a time and built on that every couple of weeks. I can't recommend enough http://www.continuumsports.com/staff

Thanks for this.  This si very close to my house, so I am going to check them out.

I would also recommend Kyle O'Day. I have sent numerous athletes to him as well as plenty of Dynamo Multisport athletes going to him. He does a great 4-5 step process to help your run form. Feel free to reach back with any specific questions.

Can you add some color on what he did to help you along?  I am thinking of making the investment after getting an azz kicking at the Publix race on Sunday.

Thanks...I am going to reach out to him because my form is pretty freakin bad...my prior coach was shocked and and dismayed at what I was going "naturally"...while I made some gains prior,  I think I can make some positive gains with more oversight, input and coaching.

Great feed back!

fwiw, I've had two really smart and successful runners tell me ultras ruin speed.  I have developed the same form as you had, so I know what it's like.  If possible, do about four  5Ks a couple weeks a part.  Sometimes you can relearn speed form.  

Who are you?  We do not allow Colorado people to post on our forum.  :-)   Good to see you are still reading our anemic board.  How is the running out West?

Hey Captin - glad you revived this thread!

My own coach has been working with Kyle fairly closely on joint coaching several athletes (my coach's own personal strengths are in the swim and bike). I have been IM focused for the past 4 years and have decided to get some of my speed back this year. So while I have not  have been working directly with Kyle we have been incorporating a lot of his ideas and methods in my training and it seems to be paying off in spades. Seems you can teach an old dog some new tricks, or at least get it back to doing its same old tricks almost as well as in its glory days!

Keep us posted as to your plan (with Kyle or others) and how you get along.

The running sucks.  I had to slog through 19 boring trail miles today.  

Here is the view from where I could see back to Boulder:

Steph has to do 3 hours on the bike, so we are going to meet her in Lyons for beers and music at Oskar Blues.   

Basically, this place sucks.

yup, think if I HAD TO  run there I might just quit. 

Maybe I should move to Colorado...