I though heel striking was bad. Is it good now?
I though heel striking was bad. Is it good now?
Did the image catch Kosgei heel striking on a downhill? If on a downhill, she was consciously or subconsciously afraid of falling on her face.
Heel striking has never been bad or wrong per se. You've just been brainwashed by forefoot clowns.
Did anyone else notice that she favours her right leg? Almost like she's limping.
El Keniano wrote:
Did anyone else notice that she favours her right leg? Almost like she's limping.
Yes. She has a hitch in her giddy up.
Form doesn't matter when you're juiced and wearing the best pogo-shoes money can buy.
Was there some place in that video that looked downhill? I'm guessing you didn't watch it.
on a downhill, correct? wrote:
Did the image catch Kosgei heel striking on a downhill? If on a downhill, she was consciously or subconsciously afraid of falling on her face.
Mile 25 is not a downhill. It's the final stretch up perfectly flat Michigan Ave. There was a fairly strong swirling (head and side) wind in that area on Sunday.
Not sure it's the best bet to do a stride analysis in mile 25, though, as she's likely tired, pressing harder, and maybe deviating somewhat. Would prefer to see something in the heart of the race, no?
Warrington wrote:
Form doesn't matter when you're juiced and wearing the best pogo-shoes money can buy.
I'm sure you're well aware of that, Paula.
This analysis is invalid.
In the first video, she runs alone and straight across the frame.
In the second video, there is traffic, and they look like they are about to go into a left turn.
Watch the guy on that is slightly ahead.
You can see him shifting to the left to enter the turn.
The other two are doing the same.
That is why the form seems different.
El Keniano wrote:
Did anyone else notice that she favours her right leg? Almost like she's limping.
Injection site is acting up.
So what? Salazar was a heel striker running 2:08's and sub 28 on the 10k.
Kirui (I think) and Jakob Ingebrigtsen heel strike at times in the Vaporflys. What would be comical is that jpgloria guy doing a post saying "you have to land on your forefoot" and then ignore Kosgei's heel landing. I actually think she is fully using her feet.
I am the Walrus wrote:
I though heel striking was bad. Is it good now?
It's a good thing. The interesting thing about these studies on the vaporflys is that they show that heel strikers benefit the most from the Vaporfly technology.
rojo wrote:
I am the Walrus wrote:
I though heel striking was bad. Is it good now?
It's a good thing. The interesting thing about these studies on the vaporflys is that they show that heel strikers benefit the most from the Vaporfly technology.
Riiiiight, so they don't work so well for Kipchoge?
Heel striking is great when you're mainlining EPO.
Broscience.com wrote:
rojo wrote:
It's a good thing. The interesting thing about these studies on the vaporflys is that they show that heel strikers benefit the most from the Vaporfly technology.
Riiiiight, so they don't work so well for Kipchoge?
That's right. They work for him too, just not as much as for a heel striker.
People overthink running form. Shoes, fatigue, tightness, imbalances, pace, gradient, individual biomechanics, etc., all play a role in running form, so the ideal running form won't be the same for two different runners or even for a single runner at different points.
Look at the elites in any marathon and you see: heel landings, flat, toe, tight arm carriage, low arm carriage, high back-kick, shuffle, etc.
Take two minutes to look at how the best runners in the world run. There's no ideal running form.
I was there on the course and watched as she passed in the early miles and I've watched video of a lot of her races. She's a heel striker. A lot of elites are and there's nothing wrong with that. The worst offender is Kitata though, that's a rough looking heel strike.
Wildhorse wrote:
People overthink running form. Shoes, fatigue, tightness, imbalances, pace, gradient, individual biomechanics, etc., all play a role in running form, so the ideal running form won't be the same for two different runners or even for a single runner at different points.
Look at the elites in any marathon and you see: heel landings, flat, toe, tight arm carriage, low arm carriage, high back-kick, shuffle, etc.
Take two minutes to look at how the best runners in the world run. There's no ideal running form.
Exactly. I was respoding to rojo though. You know what he's like with the shoe guru proselytizing?
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