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Making Progress

June 20, 2018 By Trainer Andrei Leave a Comment

After the first two runs of switching up and improving my running technique, 3rd and 4th runs were much better. In fact, I comfortably cracked a 5minutes per kilometer mark on 8km run.  I felt less pain in my calves during the run and were able to get the runs within three days of each other.

On this particular route, I had a hard time cracking the 5min/km avg. pace in 2018. But once I got serious about running with a proper form, the effect was immediate.

strava matched runs progress

This route also gives me some opportunities to run closer to 4min/km pace.  But the 6th kilometer is brutal. It’s nearly the end of the run and it ends with a hill climb. My pace drops.

route running pace

A challenge with hill climbs is that they’re painful and more painful to run with a proper technique.  I noticed my strides become slower and shorter.  My foot strike is almost at the heel.  Then once I clear the hill, the transition back to the proper foot strike is even more painful.

Clearly, there’s still a lot of work ahead.  For the next few runs, I’ll still be focusing on the proper foot strike before I try implementing more advanced techniques and training programs.

Filed Under: Running Tagged With: running faster, running technique

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