I recently started using a footpod, i can not for the life of me get my cadence above 150, i ran my first marathon and ended up with 147 average and as low as 127 at the end, thoughts?
I tried to focus on boosting my cadence prior it just feels awkward.
How tall are you? What is your weight? What is your cadence when you run a hard 800m?
There is a physics problem here. If you are very tall and / or heavier than a kenyan, you will not run at 180 steps/min. Even the very best vary in cadence. Look at Ezekiel Kemboi vs. Evan Jager. There is a visible difference in cadence (Jager is slower), but guess who came out on top in the Olympics? That is because Jager has a longer pendulum to swing.
Anyway, are you happy with the 2:57? If so, who cares about cadence.
You didn't run a marathon, you hopped a marathon. Congrats on the sub 3!
Cadence under 150 is straight up lumbering like Frankenstein.
Pendulum goes as square root of length, so you could expect variations of about +/- 8% since most runners have heights within +/- 15% of the mean (1.50 to 2. m, to lazy to google for feet).
8% of standard value 180 is ~ 15, so you can expect to get 165 to 195.
Who care about cadence? Well, it can also be an indicator of stride issues, such as overstriding... at 150 or below it is extremely likely.
I'd like to see what 127 looks like. Could you put up a video of you running when your cadence is that low? I'm not even sure that is possible for a normal, non-bounding (as in doing drills) run, though I guess I would believe it if I saw it.
There's always a chance your footpod isn't reading correctly. You should verify it by counting steps yourself. Count one leg for 60 seconds and double or count one leg for 30 seconds and multiply by 4.
runtpig wrote:
I recently started using a footpod, i can not for the life of me get my cadence above 150, i ran my first marathon and ended up with 147 average and as low as 127 at the end, thoughts?
I tried to focus on boosting my cadence prior it just feels awkward.
Nice humblebragging.
.....while I'm over here losing sleep because I can't get my cadence over 165-170 on my slow, easy paced runs
[quote]zzzz wrote:
I'd like to see what 127 looks like. /quote]
He was overstriding at 240 pace and the 127 was walking it in the last 3 miles.