Not trying to be stupid -- what are strides?

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  • trying to play

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    13 years ago 05/25/2010 2:23pm EDT
    re: toro

    Here is a good video a stride:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgf6Y_NXVkA

    The speed of this particular stride is unimportant. He's Bolt, so it's probably fast. But you get the idea. He's in full sweats, he's walking around, relaxed, then it's just a short but fast run to get him warmed up. So strides are usually done as part of a warmup OR after a run just to get the legs moving faster.

    It's usually a short distance, I like 100 meters but 150's or 200's are fine. The important points are (1) to go fast but not too fast, maybe mile race pace (2) to do this with good relaxed form (3) to not tire yourself out with these. Take long rests and don't do a million of them.

  • davis strait

    Anonymous Poster

    13 years ago 05/25/2010 4:35pm EDT
    re: captainrobbo

    This is helpful to me...

    1. relaxed lower jaw/lips - feel them chugging along

    2. low shoulders: shrug up then force down to make sure neck isn't over-tense, then try to keep them low

    3. hands relaxed

    4. rear elbow drive

    5. drive off with toes

    6. quick feet - think running on hot sand, minimum contact time

    7. longer stride - not quite bounding

    8. high hips - half way in, try to lift your body up a couple of inches

    9. kicking - cruise halfway, then try to change pace fast

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  • whoever

    Anonymous Poster

    13 years ago 05/28/2010 9:30am EDT

    remark back to duckshirt...your name should be duckshit you are probably a latte drinking asshole with little man syndrome

    someone trying to learn and you are sooo smart you kno wev erything about everything except how to be polite & help someonewho apparently wants to learn and do good.

  • huh???

    Anonymous Poster

    13 years ago 05/28/2010 11:52am EDT
    re: whoever

    you must have missed this:

    duckshirt wrote:

    jk, seriously though, strides are just short runs probably slightly faster than race pace. you don't need to be busting out of the blocks, nor do you need to reach top speed, but maybe think 80% speed or so. i've always seen strides as something to improve/maintain your running form (your body will naturally run more efficiently when it has to run faster, and then it will be ingrained in muscle memory. there are also 'builds,' similar to strides, but they start out slower and build to a faster speed (90% or so). stride distance is usually 75-150m, and recovery is just long enough to catch your breath (probably not more than 10-30 seconds), or in some cases a 1-200m jog

  • 5:24boy

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    2 years ago 05/02/2021 10:48pm EDT
    re: Faceless

    I'm in 7th grade and I ran a 5:24 this year. Anyways, I have a question. Our coach has us doing a tempo run of 3 miles and 8 x 400m with 60 minute rest. Two workouts. We also do 100m strides sometimes after easy runs. What's the difference between strides and the quarters? Are they both for speed? Why is one a workout one isn't?

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