Nick Symmonds' form is...interesting.
Nick Symmonds' form is...interesting.
I agree it's Salazar. He's the only one who, given any angle, in any photo, or any video, ever taken, it just seems wrong.
Everyone else, at least from one side, runs fine. Maybe from the front they look off in the arms, but the legs are fine. Maybe the legs are funny, but the knees are working right. Maybe hands and feet are flying all over the place, but the side view shows nothing wrong.
With Salazar, you have none of this. Every angle, it's wrong.
Don’t forget Nigel Amos or Brannon Kidder.
Speaking of racewalking-type running form, Jen Rhines is a fine example. Shuffler extraordinaire, but turnover off the charts...
This can’t be real. Or a special needs documentary? WTF?
Sorry brojos, but this site is definitely the ugliest running forum.
Jamin.
How has no one mentioned Sifan Hassan here? Every time I watch her run I cringe, but hey it's working for her and I'll never approach her times so what do I know.
I feel like a lot of female distance runners tend to run with worse form when fatigued compared to the males, like a lot of steeplers, Chepkoech doesn't seem terribly graceful but of course whatever she's doing works for her.
Speaking of world record holders (sorta), Kejelcha's form looks a little wonky and his face looks like he's always freaking out like Nico, but not too bad.
Karissa Schweizer.
Paul McCloy
Here is a post from his former coach on TC:
"When Paul did 27:56 he outkicked Craig Virgin at Mt. Sac.
Afterwards Virgin said something like (I don't remember the exact words):
"For the first couple of laps I wondered how this guy got into the meet.
For the next eight laps or so, I felt sorry for him whilst admiring someone who
was obviously somewhat disabled hanging on for so long.
Eight laps later I began to wonder what was the matter with me. Surely the lap
times were screwy - this guy couldn't be going that fast.
A few laps more and I began to really worry about him - but not because there
was anything wrong with him!.
With two laps to go, there was no more worrying - I was hanging on - and when
he kicked I just watched from behind in amazement."
Siffan Hassan before she started training with Alberto
There is a very specific reason why Nigel Amos has such terrible form.
He did PEDs to such an extent that his body could not match the aerobic threshold he created for himself. So his body was always struggling to keep up with this lungs.
But his form has improved over the years as his body learned and adapted to the drugs.
Botswana has zero drug testing and not only was he a drug cheat, but he was also one of the worst age cheats in history.
Nigel Amos: Age cheat, not born in 1994, but actually sometime around 1988/1989.
Drug cheat:
https://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=49726&dir=2015/march/06
The only nice thing I can say about Amos is that at least he is not a gender cheat, trying to run with the girls.
I wonder, was he at one time coached by doper supreme coach Jama Aden?
Emily Infield (shoulders rolled forward, hunched over)
Molly Seidel (elbows out!)
Of coarse Paula, Saladbar...
I'll add Sifan Hassan. She always looks like she's injured and pushing through
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