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Running Right
So you think running is easy? Running properly involves conscious awareness...
As Official Fitness Sponsor for the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2009, we want to ensure that every roadrunner runs right. Key areas to focus on when training:
POSTURE - Feet that turn out. Knees that collapse in. Low backs that arch too much. Hips that have no stability and move around too much. Shoulders and heads that sit forward. These will inhibit your ability to run and potentially cause injuries.
CORRECTIONAL EXERCISE - Flexibility, core, balance, reactive training and Speed, Agility, Quickness drills, (SAQ), are essential prep work
TECHNIQUE - And plugging what we call 'energy leaks'
Use these fundamental running position guidelines to get posture & technique down pat......
• Feet parallel with heel striking first, but feet not too far out in front of body to ensure ankle not too dorsiflexed during heel strike
• Neutral lumbar spine when viewed from the side
• The whole body leans slightly forward as one - not from the hip
• Shoulders and head in neutral position
• Hands lightly clenched - as if holding potato crisps in your fists without crushing them
• Arms move on the saggital plane only - as if you are constantly drawing guns from the hips - with elbows bent at right angles
• Eyes slightly above the horizon line
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