It doesn’t get any more boring than this folks. Here are a few things to keep in mind:
- I did these videos right after my 5.5 mile run today.
- I only had room for 30 seconds from the back and side. I’m not sure if that is long enough or not for critiquing properly.
- About 18 years ago (I’m so freaking old) I had surgery on my right ankle to remove a bone spur from my heel and repair some minor Achilles damage.
- I need new shoes. And a whole new outfit to match.
I don’t know if any of that matters or not, but I thought I’d throw it in anyhow. I can’t get any farther back with the camera from the behind, but next time I could move the camera out so you can see my torso from the side, if it would help. Or maybe, I’ll just do my next video session outside in the real world.
Critique away.
I have those same shorts! LOVE them! 🙂
I’m no expert and my running form is not good but I have had some feedback that I will share with you
1). You need to lift your knees more. Go to the track and do the ‘high knees’ drill. Then do the ‘butt kick’ drill
This vid has a bunch of great drills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcH97Dx8VCk
2). You land really flat. I think I do, to. We are supposed to land more with a toe to heel thing, I think.
That’s all I’ve got.
T-rex’s unite! :p
Nice bike in the background… you should steal it.
I have no critique cred, since my running form sucks ass.
If you want, I will come film you running…
Old 4 spokers – Try-athletes go crazy for those wheels. It’s all Zipps these days. Roll some 404s.
Apart from that the shifter kind of looked like old school Campy and it looks like a Fizik Airone saddle….respectible rig. I assume it’s locked up inside, shackled to a trainer. It makes me sad. 🙁
Now if you cut the running out and do some close-ups of the rig then you’d have a great video!
😉
Psimet, that all sounds foreign to me . . . but yes, it is shackled to Michael’s old, old wind-trainer. He has the new rolly-type looking thing out in his bike room.
Lord knows, I’m not one to critique anything, but I’m uber jealous of your kick ass workout room.
Run Susan run…that’s all I got!!
Yeah…I’ve been coveting your workout room as well…maybe when one of my kids moves out and goes to college I’ll have one of my own….
I think Runner Nancy is right about the form thing (not that I know ANYTHING about it), but I’m a flat-landing, heel to toe runner too (over-pronating all over the place as well…I run on planks now to control for it). .
I’m lovin’ the videos BTW
To go off of 21stcenturymom’s advice, I’d try cocking my hips forward or sucking your but in, whichever way you want to think about it.
If you’ve ever seen the movie “Without Limits” think about “the moment of deepest penetration,” but that probably doesn’t make as much sense for women. 🙂
Stand on one foot and stick your but out and lift up your knee. Then tuck your hips in and keep your knee up. You should be able to raise your knee higher.
That position just shows that bringing your hips forward allows you to have a straight line down from your head, to your hips, to your feet and lets you get more flexibility out of your stride.
Otherwise looks good. Hope it helps. 🙂
Thanks Susan. You look to be running fairly quickly in that clip. Your stride frequency is good – a bit over 180/minute which is good. There’s nothing really bad about your form.
I noticed what Jamie did – your hips are tilted back, not neutral or forward (you’re ‘sitting down’) – the core stuff (abs etc) will help with this, and eventually give you a longer stride.
What also might help would be a session of hill repeats – on various grades of hill. Faster running on a gentle grade, and more powerful running with good push off and knee drive on a steeper hill. These could be short (20secs to a minute) with full recovery.
Some slow-motion video would be good, or combined slow/normal speed.
Everyone’s running style is different and really difficult to change.
You might be able to think about it for a short moment in time during training or racing, but eventually we all fall back into what is most comfortable for our body type.
There is no “correct” way to run-and longer strides (for older athletes especially) could lead to injury.
Just run.
Run like there’s a rope tied under your arms pulling you upwards. If that doesn’t do it put on the left-handed top hat that loops under your ears and makes you run straight up. Twinkle those toes. Drink more wine.
i got nothin’. but of course get new shoes and a new outfit. that should help with all running-related problems.
Looks pretty good to me! I can’t really tell if anything is wrong, but I’m sure someone with more experience would be able to spot the subtle stuff.