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Hello Jae,
Thanks to share your work and knowlege. I find your approach and all your posts very interesting and useful for my running. I’m a barefoot runner and like to read from anyone who focus on effortless, natural, balanced, … way of running.
The way I think in my pelvis is keeping it leveled instead of motionless. I focus in straightening the spine and leveling the pelvis by lowering the sacral zone and allowing the pelvis to have a natural motion. If I want more speed I use my abs, gluteus and hamstrings to help move the pelvis and leg backward. I think the key it make it works efficiently is landing as close as possible under the hips and timing the muscles action (abs, etc).
Hope could understand although my precarious english writing….
Thank you very very much again
Josep M
ReplyHi Jae,
I’m just in from running and this video is just so perfect for me now.
I had a huge realization today while running, I run with my hips still, and when I started to notice this I felt that it is fear that is making me to run this way. I have not been able to run at all for 30 years. And now barefoot walking 2 years and I’m starting to be able to run for approx 10 min, but there is always some pain in my left side, knee, foot etc.
Today when I felt that fear was making me run like this, and run quite slow too. I started running faster and my hips and my upper body was moving a lot more. I could run twice the length now and no pain anywhere!
When I realized that it is fear that makes mer run with such a stiff upper body, and after running fast and whith big strides I started crying because I got in contact with my fear. Only some of it. There is lots more to be felt.
Thank you!!
ReplyAnita, I’m so happy my post helped you discover an ability to run more comfortably, and something about what was holding you back. I do want to caution you as you go forward with your running that we do move more when we run fast, but it also places more demands on the body, and you’re really just developing your fitness for running. So go slowly, and instead of running faster when you feel stiff, see instead if you can relax a bit and let yourself move a bit more even while running slowly. You might try these warm up before going out as well: https://www.balancedrunner.com/the-most-important-pre-run-warmup-a-calfachilles-dynamic-stretch/ https://www.balancedrunner.com/two-more-key-pre-run-warm-up-moves-for-runners/ And I would recommend you download this lesson and give it a try to become more familiar with what the core action feels like so you can run that way at any speed: https://www.balancedrunner.com/core-stability/ Best of luck to you!
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