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More efficient running style

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Canute Nov 2013 11:08pm, 26 Nov 2013 823 posts	Quote Pin Canute An interesting analysis . I have been amazed by Farah’s low cadence ever since watching the video of him setting the UK 3000m indoor record in Glasgow in 2009. His cadence was less than 180 for most of that race. Although he ran impressively in Glasgow, there were times when the forward and back movement of his head was quite noticeable. According to Jae Greunke’s analysis, Mo’s forward and back movement of his upper body relative to his hips allows him to achieve his relatively long stride, but it demands a lot of power. She implies that he could correct this by allowing more counter rotation while airborne. However she is careful to avoid saying that he should. Mo’s style powerful worked well for him in 2012 and 2013. It will be interesting to see whether it works as well over the full marathon in 2014.
SPR Nov 2013 1:33pm, 27 Nov 2013 18,883 posts	Quote Pin SPR Canute - Salazar is working on improving Farah's form for the marathon: telegraph.co.uk “We feel with Mo that as he moves towards the marathon we have to change his form. Whenever you change form, it’s obviously a little risky but already, within four weeks of working with Mo and giving him moreof a marathon form with not so much bobbing and going up and down, he’s already more efficient with his new form than he was with the old.”
d87heaven Dec 2013 2:51pm, 1 Dec 2013 144 posts	Quote Pin d87heaven I did a little blog on Mo's technique if anyone is interested ....... runtechnique.wordpress.com
cabletow Dec 2013 6:48pm, 9 Dec 2013 21,176 posts	Quote Pin cabletow D87... well observed but you need to correlate your analysis with the effect of the form on motion
Jhuff Dec 2013 6:57pm, 15 Dec 2013 3,731 posts	Quote Pin Jhuff What does everyone think of this runners efficiency? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZPRsrwumQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
jonp Dec 2013 2:07pm, 16 Dec 2013 4,487 posts	Quote Pin jonp Impressive tech. But not keen on the robot cruelty.
Gobi Dec 2013 2:09pm, 16 Dec 2013 53,114 posts	Quote Pin Gobi I just came in to say HI Hi :¬)
GlennR Dec 2013 2:16pm, 16 Dec 2013 8,683 posts	Quote Pin GlennR Hi Gobi.
Gobi Dec 2013 2:17pm, 16 Dec 2013 53,115 posts	Quote Pin Gobi :¬) (I may have been doing some running)
richh Dec 2013 3:03pm, 16 Dec 2013 651 posts	Quote Pin richh jhuff, I like the way BigDog picks up his feet - seems POSEish!