What’s Right With This Picture?

What's right with this picture?

And what’s wrong with this picture? Last week, I posted a picture of  the same athlete demonstrating good uphill running form. Overall, his form is good but there are two flaws that students of running should be able to pick out.

Tell me what you see that is right and wrong with this athlete’s stride?

Last Bridge Run Clinic

For our last workout, we spent time practicing running at race pace. We ended the session with Bridge Run Trivia for race schwag.

Pre-Race Track Workout

I worked with two athletes on their race pace. We ran 3 x 1200 m after an 800 warm-up. The idea is to maintain race pace even when tired but at the same time, not to wear the athlete completely out. We were a little too close to race to do that.

Cooper River Bridge Run Training

This evening we did hill repeats.  This is a beginning group and I don’t recommend hill repeats for true beginners but they are preparing for the Cooper River Bridge Run. We ran from the Mt Pleasant track to the bridge. The athletes ran up to the 5th light pole which is about 150 meters from the beginning of the bridge. They ran hard up and then recovered on the way back down. Everybody did their own pace.

At the end of the drill, which was about 35 minutes long, I put people of equal ability together and had them racing each other up the hill. Most of them dug in and went for it. Some are tackling the distance for the first time and those are the ones I really love. During the workout yesterday, I made a point of running uphill with each one of them. This is the most rewarding part for me.

Running Drills

Two athlete’s with me on the track this morning. We did agility drills. Because of the training I did in Boot Camp earlier in the week, I had to forgo some of the drills.

• Quick Skips
• Butt Kicks
• High Knees (forward, right, left)
• 2-Stairs up; Quick steps down
• Tuck Jumps x 10
• Split Scissor Jumps x 10
• One- Legged hops
• Speed Bounds
• Step ups x 25 each leg
• Wall Throw