First off, well done Paul! Most comments on the blog are down to you - where are the rest of the guys/gals? Anyway the initial response to your query about running action are as follows. The athlete's foot plant depends on three factors as far as I can see. First, your skeletal make up will affect your runing action. If you see a runner running along the skyline at dusk then without seeing his face, vest or anything other than his silhouette, you will know who he is simply by the running action and body position. Alex and Andy Brown of Motherwell YMCA had the same running action, Colin, Harry and Brian Martin of Dumbarton all had the same action. That was down to skeletal composition and other hereditary factors. That's the first determinant. Second, the distance you are running will help determine your running action. The athletes in the Highland Fling at the week end were running slowly compared to runners in a 10K or marathon. The front markers were doing 9 minutes a mile and further down they were doing 15 or 16 minutes a mile. Of necessity their action would be different from that of sprinters doing 10 seconds for 100 metres. If you look at sprinters finishing a race, then they cross the line and sink down to walk away; if you look at distance runners crossing the finishing line, they often stand up to walk away. It is also true that runners may employ different foot plant and action at different points in the same race - the 800 metres man will usually start up on the front part of the foot for the first 100 metres, run the next 600 metres using a midfoot plant and end up back up on his toes for the finishing sprint. Third, as I hinted above, the speed you run at will vary the action. SO - skeletal make up, the distance of the race and the speed you are running at will all help determine your running action.
So there's a start Paul, I'll come back and be more specific tomorrow or the next day (Saturday or Sunday). Meanwhile how about some other comments on the subject using the comment facility below?
Friday, 1 May 2009
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Running is very easy thing to do we normally start about 9/12 months old some might call it a walk but at that age its more like an ultra.Next we label ourselfs as a sprinter, middle or long distance runner,then we might become road runners or like myself jogging for Jesus.Some people like the african runners have decided not to label themselves and just run alot at different distances, hence they get the first two runners in london - in there twenties,when we all know we need to do 10/15 years of cross country and road running before we can walk/run a marathon.Any thoughts anyone.
The two Kenyans in there twenties who were in London have been running XC for 10 years, it's what most of them do to get to school. Our kids get taken in a car a mile doon the road after they've finished watchin the tele! We are soft and lazy and it will be a long time before we can consistantly produce quality athletes again.
Even the folk who do run do not do enough to produce the quality we had 20 years ago, so get off your ar**s and get the miles in!!
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