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Oh, and I'm not heel striking in this picture ;-) . I tend to be a heel striker with one foot and a midfoot striker with the other if the pace is quick enough. That asymmetrical gait started about 2 years ago, up to then I was heel striking with both feet. I never consciously tried to change my gait, it just happened, and I have been waiting for 2 years for the other foot to follow but no dice. Since then I have run about 7000 miles like that without getting injured; I am therefore not too worried about either my knee or the rest of my legs.
Paul and me made it into the highlights video as well, at 6:24 into it; I find the contrast between the frantic sprint finish of the other runners and our relaxed jog to the line quite funny.
Recovery is going reasonably well, I have been doing a series of easy 5 mile runs ever since and 8 this morning at "Kildare" pace. Luckily there have been no frantic phone calls this week to bump me up another pace group, so 3:30 it is. I'm kinda questioning the wisdom of crossing the entire country just to run a training marathon when I could do it from my door step, but the thought of sharing the run with others, helping them to achieve a time and also having it count as an official marathon finish is far more appealing than spending 3-4 hours entirely on my own.
- 9 May
- 5 miles, 38:47, 7:45 pace, HR 146
- 10 May
- 8 miles, 1:03:04, 7:53 pace, HR 145
You should enter her in the Community Games. Then we'll see if the "everyone's not a winner" attitude changes ;)
ReplyDeleteTo a 4 year old the balloon is obviously a whole heap more important than the medal!
ReplyDeleteThe asymmetrical footstrike is probably balancing some other asymmetry in the legs/knees/hips/arms so you're right in not trying to 'correct' it.
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