It took a complete stranger to tell me that I really don't know how to put my foot down. And he meant it literally. I have been trying to run and increase my running capacity for more than a year now. But all in vain. In IIT ground, I was running in my own funny way when a complete stranger stopped me and told me that the way I was running was totally wrong. I being a flat footed person had a habit of first resting my heel and then the toe on the ground. He told me this is not normal. Not normal? NOT NORMAL!!!! I was taken aback! How could it not be normal? I have been running like this since I remember. I somehow tried to keep a bold front in spite of having been rudely corrected. I asked him to show me what he thought was correct, if this was wrong. And he asked me to look at any other random person. He said your toe must touch the ground and then the rest of foot. I thought, "my foot"! I decided to try it anyway.
I tried to run that way in the house and then the next time on the ground. I am slowly getting the hang of it. And to my own surprise, I am able to run much more distance with lesser strain. If you too are a person who runs in the weird way I used to, probably it is better if you try the other way.
This video may help: (it helped me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN1x3Ik1t5Y
December 05, 2010
Putting my foot down
4 comments:
Hope i can comment here.
Running is a sweet addiction...if you hook on it, you will forget about everything. It increases the appetite and gives great sleep.
You should try this loop, staff hostel to Devi temple (through lake) and then to main gate-Y point gate and then to the hill-side and then hostel-1, Tansa and back to staff hostel....
its kind of 6 km.....but then not too boring....ground may be boring sometimes....
@kans: thanks for suggesting another route. I have recently recovered from a shoulder injury and that is why I am going to run only on soft surfaces. I guess some part of the suggested route has concrete patches. But I will keep this in mind.
Whats that Potpourri means :P?
hi ....
i was reading blogs randomly ... and stopped at your blog ....
i think your style was proper ... first heel and then toe...
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