Cadence
When it comes to improving running form, reducing injury risk and maximising running economy, little interventions neither are as easy to change nor effective as optimising one’s cadence.
How to Start Running
The key to starting any journey is simple that: to start. “If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” You will never be able to complete that 5km ParkRun or 50km ultramarathon without taking the first step in beginning to run. Counter to the word itself, one of the most tried and tested methods for running is walking, via the run-walk method.
Exactly Happens When You Start To Run
Running is a whole-body transformation, affecting numerous systems within the body. The metabolic, physiological and mechanical changes secondary to run training occur over a period of weeks to months to make running more efficient and less effortful. Be patient with your body while it is changing so rapidly!
The Significance of Strides
Strides are short bursts of power, lasting 20-3 seconds, with benefits extending to improved running form, improved running economy and increased cadence. Strides are for everyone, regardless of age or pace.
Take It Easy - The Importance of Rest Days for Runners
Contrary to the belief of many starting-out and seasoned runners, rest is the oxygen that allows the fire of performance to breathe. Without oxygen - without rest - it is impossible to give space for the adaptations necessary to fuel forward growth to develop. Without rest, it is more likely that our metabolic, hormonal and musculoskeletal systems become bathed by the stress of running, and that spark that we work so hard to ignite gets smothered.