Struggling to run

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  • kylTKe
    kylTKe Posts: 146 Member
    Carson is right, you should not discuss stride length, turnover, or (in my opinion) foot strike with new runners. It overcomplicates the the simplest exercise in the world and will most likely cause them problems as they attempt to stay within a specific frequency and stride length.

    Additionally, trying to stay at 180 bpm to try and emulate elite runners is silly. Length and frequency are not causes of speed, they are by-products of it. Speed is affected mainly by your cardiovascular strength, which allows you to run at a faster frequency (possibly with a longer stride). You generally can't take a runner (with decent form), change their frequency or stride length and make them faster (maybe more efficient).
  • militarydreams
    militarydreams Posts: 198 Member
    As for your formula. What is speed measured in? Strike Frequency per foot?

    Strike frequency per foot? lol. Speed is proportional to distance and inversely proportional to time. Take our formula SPEED = STRIKE RATE X STRIDE LENGTH. Notice that strike rate is measured in strikes PER minute or strikes/minute then multiply that by stride length and you get (STRIKES X STRIDE LENGTH) / MINUTE. To recap, the distance is strikes * stride length and the time is in minutes (aka whatever you measure your stride length in... per minute). It would be trivial to convert it to a standard speed representation.

    I have no idea where you get strike frequency per foot as a measure of speed... and now I'm sure you're just having a giggle so I'm off :laugh:
  • militarydreams
    militarydreams Posts: 198 Member
    double post
  • militarydreams
    militarydreams Posts: 198 Member
    Additionally, trying to stay at 180 bpm to try and emulate elite runners is silly.

    Only elite runners maintain a high strike rate? Seems strange to me.
    Length and frequency are not causes of speed, they are by-products of it.

    Another one hopping on the cause-effect bandwagon, the pair of you need to think very carefully about what it is that you're trying to say. Length and frequency are factors of speed... as speed increases, so does one of it's factors, as one of the factors increases, so does speed (or the other factor decreases). You're reducing this entire thing to a 'chicken or the egg' scenario for no reason.

    If you want to say that a begginner should concentrate on form before speed then that's great... just say that.

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