Any thoughts?
One tip I heard a lot was watch out for doing a heel strike cause it puts brakes on...
Others?
Any thoughts?
One tip I heard a lot was watch out for doing a heel strike cause it puts brakes on...
Others?
You are correct about trying to avoid heel strike as that does put the breaks on. I consider myself a decent downhill runner and can run many net downhill courses with no damage to my legs.
I believe I picked up my technique from a Hal Higdon book.....or maybe not....anyways, what works for me is to just try to lean your body forward slightly just over your toes and let gravity do the work for you. Stride out slightly further but not too far and make sure you are still hitting on your midfoot or slightly on the forefoot.
LMAO, heel striking BS myths are still around? How long will this fad last?
Running Wild wrote:
You are correct about trying to avoid heel strike as that does put the breaks on. I consider myself a decent downhill runner and can run many net downhill courses with no damage to my legs.
I believe I picked up my technique from a Hal Higdon book.....or maybe not....anyways, what works for me is to just try to lean your body forward slightly just over your toes and let gravity do the work for you. Stride out slightly further but not too far and make sure you are still hitting on your midfoot or slightly on the forefoot.
This is pretty close to what I do. You want to float down the hill rather than land with a jarring impact on each step. If you can feel a jarring impact, you need to adjust your stride and cadence until you can eliminate it.
It helps to increase your cadence on the downhills. To do that, you'll need to practice faster cadence because it can be tiring when you increase cadence if you're not trained to do it.
It will also help to run in a low toe drop shoe with significant heel cushioning. Hokas are outstanding downhill shoes because they also encourage the foot to roll off the heel instead of jarring onto the heel and then slamming down to the forefoot.
The difference between running downhill in Hokas versus a typical 10mm drop running shoe is amazing.
I just ran Hood to Coast Leg 2 with a drop of 350 feet/mile for 5.5 miles in the Hoka Napali. My quads were fine afterward and my time was fast (for me). I brought the NB Zante for the flat legs, but I wound up staying with the Napali for all three legs.
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