Ankle Advice
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@Magpie_in_aus awesome post mate. I read Born To Run a few years back. While I didn't buy a pair of the leather sandals, I definitely subscribed to their thinking around step length, which also ties into your point around cadence. Paraphrasing, but one guy from the tribe said of mountain running, "if you're not sure whether to take 2 steps or 3 before the boulder, take 4". Wisdom.
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@Magpie_in_aus said in Ankle Advice:
Get a metronome on your phone. Your aim should be build towards running at 180 steps per minute at the same pace.
just d/l and listened to it at 180 bpm...jeepers!!
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went for a run last night, well walk up the stairs, run on flat and down...my ave cadence over the run is 69 (looking back over my last half dozen runs it is about that too - although these have largely been trail runs with steep incline/decline) 180 seems impossible!
I'll wait until the shorter evenings when I am forced to run on roads/paths before I look at this cadence thing a bit closer.
I have however had PBs on segments of my runs the last few times too, not sure what to attribute that to.
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@taniwharugby
I just checked my most recent run a few days ago. Ave cadence 163, max 176, ave stride length 1.27m (I'm about 6'2 if that's revelant). That was over 8km of pretty flat tarmacNot too far off @Magpie_in_aus !
Max heart rate was 182 though 😨
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@taniwharugby That looks horribly hilly!!! Probably not the best route for trying to measure ave cadence?
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@voodoo haha yeah thats what I said above!
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@taniwharugby sorry, not paying attention!
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@Kirwan it definitely feels good when you pick up the cadence and shorten stride. My physio also told me to focus on keeping my upper body straighter, down from the shoulders, like your shoulders were on a coat hanger. Feels less like you're lumbering along and more like you're running at pace - and damn the stats that say otherwise!!!
