Post Method

For those of you new to running, this may seem weird. There is a good way and a bad way of running long distance. My wife asked me, "don't you just have to run?" Answer is yes, but you also want to have a form where you conserve the most amount of energy and also dont over use your muscles. I have been trying to learn the Pose method. Instead of me trying to describe it myself, here is a quick explanation..This has really been helping me add miles and not feel as tired.

Pose running technique principles in summary

1. Raise your ankle straight up under your hip, using the hamstrings
2. Keep your support time short

3. Your support is always on the balls of your feet
4. Do not touch the ground with your heels
5. Avoid shifting weight over your toes: raise your ankle when the weight is on the ball of your foot
6. Keep your ankle fixed at the same angle
7. Keep knees bent at all times
8. Feet remain behind the vertical line going through your knees
9. Keep stride length short
10. Keep knees and thighs down, close together, and relaxed
11. Always focus on pulling the foot from the ground, not on landing
12. Do not point or land on the toes (see Fig 3: Toe running)

13. Gravity, not muscle action, controls the landing of the legs
14. Keep shoulder, hip and ankle in vertical alignment
15. Arm movement is for balance, not for force production