I'm in my 40's and still trying to improve my sprint. I was a decent middle distance type back in college, but my sprint has been weak. I seem to have a good "kick", but the front of my stride is problematic. I don't have very good knee lift and it shortens the front of my stride and causes me to trudge my foot.
I'm interested in any exercises I can do to improve the front of my stride. Any exercises or hints?
Can you tell us more about you training? How old are you and what are you doing for speed?
ditto
As I said, I'm in my early 40's. I have no idea what my times are, just looking to do my personal best. I don't do any specific sprint training, but I still play competitive football (overseas) and much of our practice is sprint related-high knees, butt kicks, bounding, etc.I know some of my problems. I have tight hamstrings and even when I have high knee lift I think I am short striding and my foot is not on the way back when I strike. This offseason I plan to work on stretching my hamstrings, and concentrate on striding and form.
Marathon Mike* wrote:
Can you tell us more about you training? How old are you and what are you doing for speed?
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