I have never really thought about my posture while running, but in my every day life, I know I have bad posture, and I tend to hunch over and not sit with my back straight.
During my 6 mile run this morning, I found a way to tweak my posture and it was much easier to run! Around the start of mile 5 I was starting to feel tired, and somehow I straightened up my posture while running, and it actually felt better. It never even crossed my mind that I could run faster by changing my posture!
I don't have splits set up on my Gamin Forerunner, so I can't tell how much faster my last two miles were, but I know there were faster than I normally run. My overall time for 6 miles was 1 hr 8 minutes. That's fast for me!!
I found a few articles online related to running posture. I plan to read more on this in the upcoming days.
The Perfect Form, from Runners World
5 Things You Need to Know about Running Posture, from Livestrong.com
A Whole Website on Natural Posture Running!
Have you ever changed your running posture to make your running more efficient?
Saturday, February 6, 2010
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