>>Monday i puked on my run so i cut it short ha. Only got 3 miles in and did not do my fartlek. >>Tuesday i wiped out on the trails, and i think i broke my toe! Or if it's not broken, its dislocated, swollen, and in pain. I am not letting it affect my running. I am worried about it but I'm sure it will heal eventually. I got a 14 mile bike ride that afternoon which i think made me tired and made the trails especially hard, but still fun. >>Wednesday I had a great tempo run where my mile logged in at 5:52, but it was actually only .95 miles i realized later. >>Thursday I had a great 6 mile run ending up with 7:22 pace and i negative split for my last 3 miles. I missed my >>Friday run and still took off >>Saturday, then finished up my week on >>Sunday with a super awesome long run. I felt great, the first 5 miles flew by, and i just felt strong up till the end. I logged a 7:25 pace and was really happy with it. I can definitely feel that my focus on form has been paying off.
Something i am focusing on more as i run now is CADENCE, and you should try this out! This is the amount of steps you take in one minute. Apparently the ideal # is 180 (you can count your steps for 15 seconds then just times it by four to get the number for the minute). This number is the product of good running form because it results from running well and not over extending your form. It's just a simple/different way to gage how well you are running. I checked my cadence about 5 different times on my run today and it was always 196, which is a bit high but still close. I tried to bring it down, but was unable to! Oh well.
Keep checking out goodformrunning and playmakers.com for cool information. I've been doing a ton of research on barefooting and i started a Diigo (which is a site that you showed me, duke) that has a collection of all my research. Feel free to check it out. Some of it is from a design stand point, and some of it is more about the content and research of proper form, but its just a shot gun collection of stuff I found on the web. Enjoy! Diigo is so great because you can highlight areas of bookmarked links so you can forward it to people and show them exactly what you want them to get out of the site. You can only use firefox to use Diigo yourself, but you can view the profile page in any browser...
Disregard the random videos with running cartoon characters - thats a side project ha. But it's still fun.
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