Scot wrote:
100/100 Challenge Training Tip:
Working with a training plan. it is really important with any plan is to maintain consistency. It is also important that the athlete learn is body and make increases to mileage based on his background. Ability, Time availability, Injury History, Time required for recovery etc. You want to make your increrases gradually and eliminate the possibility of injury or illness. It is also important to learn when to back off or make adjustments to a training plan. You want a plan that builds endurance, strength, speed and you want a periodization plan of the right thing at the right time, which will get you to the peak race in optimal conditioning
Train at the appropriate intensities in the endurance phase as it prepares your body for what lies ahead as you get more intensity. As the endutranc ephase progresses you may begin to add moderate paced efforts at the ends of runs (marathon pace) and striders for s[peed development.
http://futrmultisport.com/Scot, I just came back from the physiotherapy office where they also have a system to assess running form via running on the treadmill and measuring various angles in flight and through the entire gait.. She confirmed what I was already feeling. I am landing with fairly stiff knees in the front (that was a protection mechanism from my accident because it hurt too much to bend my knees properly on landing) and I don't have enough hip extension through the back half (I'm 10 degrees less than normal/optimal). So lots of technique work to open things up and get some more force out of my legs. My hips are all bound up from compensating for injuries for the last 17 months. My balance is also totally shot because of my head injuries last year, so I have lots of work to do on that front. So now I have my work cut out for me, and generally it has nothing to do with engine and everything to do with my run technique that has been compromised through compensation.
Although this is downhill, you can see my stiff knee landing and my lack of extension through the back (mind you I am running down a 15% grade down the side of a volcano).....actually when I first saw this picture that Tim Carlson took, I thought exactly what they found at the physio office.
