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July. Just July.
The first week of my triumphant return to training has been excellent - three 5km runs successfully under the belt, each one progressively faster and stronger, which is encouraging. Even more encouraging is the lack of any injury concerns - a very slight niggle from the left knee, but other than that no muscle soreness or aching anything (touch wood).
I tried concentrating on form during this evening's run. Every coach who has written anything on the subject of running seems to have different ideas about the type of technique you should employ, but the common denominators seem to be running tall, hips forward and landing mid-foot or even front-foot rather than heel-striking. It occurred to me whilst pounding away trying different methods of contortion, that whilst I have personally never had a coach, I recall my kids Little Athletics coaches simplifying all this down to "run as quietly as possible", which actually seems to quite naturally get you landing on the mid-foot, raising the knees slightly, running upright and with hips thrust forward and head held high. And it's a lot easier to remember.
Actually one other thing I found which seemed to help a lot was to run with my arms moving parallel to the ground/treadmill, i.e. not crossing over in front of me, which tends to round the shoulders and cause a stoop.
Soooo, I've developed the MLC Man School of Running Correctness (how very presumptuous!) which says (i) run quietly, and (ii) keep your arms moving parallel to the ground. I shall test this out over the next few runs and see how it goes.
Well the World Cup final starts in a few hours and I need some sleep, so I'll bid you buona notte.
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July. Just July.
