Do you have any running form pet peeves that cause you to hold the perpetrators in a certain disdain? I am not a big fan of backwards leaners. There, I said it.
Do you have any running form pet peeves that cause you to hold the perpetrators in a certain disdain? I am not a big fan of backwards leaners. There, I said it.
Thumb inside the fist.
When I see somebody running faster than me, and particularly with a 'relaxed' gait, it really chaps my hide.
The locked (one angle) elbow. Even at the slowest running speeds, the elbow should be relaxed and flexible and open a little as the arm swings back, then close a bit when it swings forward.
But to back up the OP: people who run with bolt-upright torsos. It slows them down and looks weird.
No one's form annoys me more than my own, which is the classic anterior pelvic tilt and hip waddle. I truly look terrible.
Not really "form" exactly, but loud breathing/wheezing on easier runs.
I despise my own heel strike. It looks so unorthodox.
However, any part of Paula Radcliffe's from is actually a mentally difficult struggle to observe. Arm carriage, foot plant, head wobble, it's all there.
Not sure what it's called, but when people's legs kick outward after the pushoff. Looks so goofy
lease wrote:
But to back up the OP: people who run with bolt-upright torsos. It slows them down and looks weird.
This
1) Any form alteration related to carrying a music player
2) Whatever Gebremariam hip #9 does (takes the lead at about 29:07)bugs me. I call him "The Worm" and his form and his speeding up to take the lead, then slowing down, etc. just rubs me the wrong way whenever I see him.
People who don't use correct starting technique for distance runners.
Criticizing things that the best runners in the world also do annoys me.
yeah, that upright-torso form doesn't make for fast runninghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2W_T77vwfQ#t=48s
lease wrote:
The locked (one angle) elbow. Even at the slowest running speeds, the elbow should be relaxed and flexible and open a little as the arm swings back, then close a bit when it swings forward.
But to back up the OP: people who run with bolt-upright torsos. It slows them down and looks weird.
Arm swing with the hands way low like Ryan Hall does. A bunch of the hs boys on the teams I coach against have started doing it and look ridiculous.
Here is the link where Gebremariam goes into the lead at about 29:07 on the video:
Head bobbers are just the worst.
Then feet draggers and robot arms.
i dont know how to say it nicely but...
i hate watching girls run. they do it wrong.
I use to run with this guy who every fourth or fifth stride would "drag" a toe. It was very odd.
I work in a gym so I get to see all sorts on the treadmills
Most common offenses:
Extremely deliberate back and forward arm movments
Exaggerated heel flicks
Absolutely no heel lift at all
Doggy paddling arms
Swimming with the arms in circular motion across body. Never appears very masculine to me.