What type of stricker are you?

Zekela

A friend shared this article with me and another suggested I shared it with you all. I have some wonderful friends :-).

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/pounding-pavement-by-heel-or-toe/?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z_sma=HL_PPB_20131016&_r=0

I pretty much run both ways. I use my heel for lighter runs (most of the time) and for speedy and incline runs I use my fore foot.

Zekela

http://www.runnersworld.com/sports-psychology/can-you-talk-yourself-out-of-exhaustion?cm_mmc=Facebook-_-RunnersWorld-_-Content-News-_-TalkOutOfExhaustion

Another good article. When I did my 50k at the 25k mark I told myself... just another messly 15.5 miles left and it worked! :-)

Cheval13

Some great articles. I am a forefoot striker naturally, but conditioned myself to land more flat for easy runs.
And yes! Splitting up long runs into smaller runs really helps. I did that for my 20 miler this week, first 10, then 8, then only 2.

MinimalistShoeAddict

I like both articles!

I can relate to the point about many forefoot strikers changing their strike late in a long run (such as a marathon) when they get really tired.

The second article is interesting too. In my marathon, I told myself "its only 10k more" and "its only another 2 miles" which seemed to make it easier down the back stretch