running is better wrote:
Aiden Burley wrote:The point is you already spent 10,000 hours the other way, a few hundred hours is just a drop in the bucket. IF you are just starting out then you can change your form. But in most cases it is counter productive. If you have been running one way for 5 years, it will take you another 5 years until you are proficient in the new form. During that time you will have been slower than if you didn't try to change your form.
i had been running for 15 years when i decided to overhaul my form. assuming 10 hrs/week, that's around 7,500 hrs of running. i was already pretty efficient from a biomechanics standpoint. took me all of 2 years to become more efficient, especially over the longer distances.
your claim is false for two reasons: 1) you have provided no empirical or anecdotal evidence and 2) there is plenty of anecdotal evidence that working on form makes a runner more efficient, faster, and less injury prone. when i have time next week i'll look for empirical evidence to support my point.