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Running form question - feet or quads?

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Post  dot520 Sat Mar 08, 2014 11:55 am

During a 10k last weekend, I started to think about my form (not the first time, of course) and realized that for the most part I am leading with my feet.  That's not very efficient, I don't think.  When I was a Racewalker, you lead with your quad and everything follows suit.  I tried to consciously do that last weekend and my quads were feeling it on Monday but i believe my pace improved some.  What do you guys do or do you just run and not think about it?

Is winter just getting to me or is this a viable question?
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Post  Dave Wolfe Sat Mar 08, 2014 12:45 pm

I generally just run, been at it too long to care much. About 10% of the time I will consciously focus on form during an easy run.  I suppose if I consciously focused more my form would improve so that it was just natural when I ran.
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Post  Chris Coleman Sat Mar 08, 2014 1:36 pm

I never gave that particular aspect of form any thought, but I certainly will now. My guess, and it's only a guess, is that  a technique change that improves your pace is probably worth adopting if the only adverse effect is soreness. I have found that muscles tend to adapt to what is demanded of them.

As for the question's viability, I feel it's time runners got a lot more like triathletes and started being more geekish.
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