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Location:

Midvale,Ut,

Member Since:

Jul 15, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

I have lost 90 pounds. This more than any thing else is my greatest accomplishment. After my collegiate running career I sadly stopped running and kept eating all the way to 265 pounds. After a lot of soul-searching and even more running I am now 175, the same weight I was in college.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running. I simply run for greater health. I enjoy the struggle for self improvement.

Long-Term Running Goals:

I would like to amass enough race t-shirts to make blankets for every bed in the house, as well as finally run a marathon. (Oct 15th SoJo Marathon)

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Nike Free Lifetime Miles:						341.34
Jogging Stroller Lifetime Miles:						71.46
Mizuno Raceing Flats Lifetime Miles:						32.20

Mon, Oct 31, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Despite the time that I took off form running my knee is still giving me problems. I have come to the conclusion that it would be in the best interest of my long range running goals to take the time to revamp my running form. I need to fix some inefficiencies that are also making me more injury prone. I have made the change before during my collegiate running career. But, when I took up running again I reverted to my natural poor form.

I expect the process to take about a month. During this time I will not be doing much conventional running. I will focus on form drills, strength training, and supplementing my workouts with biking.

My goals for the form change are:

1 Raise the knees

2 Land on the ball of the foot

3 Strike the ground under the center of mass, not forward as I have been.

4 Bring the heel closer to the glut after push off.

5 Shorten the stride.

If I can relearn how to run then I think I have a good chance of becoming injury free, and reaching my ultimate potential. It would be so cool to train without a thought of injury, to be concerned only about what will make a better runner! That's where I want to be.

So for now I have put all my racing plans on hold and joined a gym.

For today's work out.

20 minutes of form drills

30 minutes stationary bike, at 100 RPM. This is to train for a shorter stride.

Pushups

Sit-ups

Weights for back, traps, shoulders, and triceps.

I miss running!

Comments

From Chad Robinson on Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 01:53:58 from 208.110.158.227

I think you are headed in the right direction Kurt. I hear those Altra's are a good shoe to help get you to a midfoot strike (of course you go always go the extreme route - like vibrams). I never thought I would miss running, but there I was missing it while waiting for my Achilles to heal up.

From RAD on Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 23:11:38 from 98.202.23.178

I like the idea you've got going here, and all the form things are things I need to work on as well. I'm a terrible heel striker, which is striking forward and not under the center of mass, which then also contributes to less push off the back, less heel to butt and knees not up higher on the drive through. They are all connected...unfortunately :)

Will you email me the drills you are doing and how you do them at the gym? The ones I was always given have to be done more on a long stretch like a track and I guess I'm too narcissistic to do it on the loop track at the gym - it goes right in front of all the TMers. Anyway, I'd love some pointers from someone who has been there, done that before.

From Kurt on Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 01:38:11 from 174.52.144.102

Chad

I hadn’t thought about changing my shoes. Thanks for the tip. I hope you heal up fast!

RAD

I definitely have had my share of odd looks at doing my form drills. I will send them to you. I would only use what you think will work for you though and toss the rest.

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