Run Date: 4/20/06
Wash Park Laps: 1
Gnats Ingested: 43
One thing I notice about my running style is that my knees tend to graze each other. Not all the time, although I can't figure out what the determining factor is. I used to tell myself it was because my quads were so musclely that there just wasn't room in between them. But my once-bulbous knee muscles have substantially atrophied since then, and the knee-grazing continues. I wouldn't mind it so much except that: 1) it creates bald expanses on my otherwise National Wildlife legs, and 2) I feel like I am running knock-kneed. Have you ever done that with your friends, just to be goofy (or for any other reason)? You can imagine how self-conscious you might find yourself if you were doing it in front of several, or several hundred, strangers. I certainly do, and I'm not much for self-consciousness.
The other unusual pattern I've noticed in my stride is . . . well, my stride. I am a glider. I pick up my feet only as much as is absolutely necessary to keep from stumbling. Most other people I see have a good bob going, up and down, pumping their arms, so that, if you were to watch them come up over a hill, you could see a little of their hair, then nothing, then a little more of their hair, then almost nothing, then a little of their face, then almost nothing again, and so on. I have very little bob. I keep my upper arms very still and just barely swing my forearms. I saw this on the news one time, when I was living on my friend's floor in Chicago. Chicago is famous for its marathon (and other stuff. Like hot dogs). Every so often, on the news, they bring on this "running doctor" who gives all the marthon-running t.v.-watchers tips on how to improve their running. The segment I caught was on efficiently expending your energy. If you move your upper arms, you're wasting energy. I can't verify the biology (physics) behind that, but it's what Dr. Run (not to be confused with Rev. Run) said, and it seems to work. But it looks rediculous. At least, it feels rediculous. Kind of like the knee thing. Have you ever run around without moving your arms? No? Am I the only one who ran around like a little freak when I was young? Well anyway, that's what this technique feels like, and it feels weird. So I often suspect I am a bit of a spectacle when I run. Perhaps I'm move self-conscious then I thought.
-Brandon
Wash Park Laps: 1
Gnats Ingested: 43
One thing I notice about my running style is that my knees tend to graze each other. Not all the time, although I can't figure out what the determining factor is. I used to tell myself it was because my quads were so musclely that there just wasn't room in between them. But my once-bulbous knee muscles have substantially atrophied since then, and the knee-grazing continues. I wouldn't mind it so much except that: 1) it creates bald expanses on my otherwise National Wildlife legs, and 2) I feel like I am running knock-kneed. Have you ever done that with your friends, just to be goofy (or for any other reason)? You can imagine how self-conscious you might find yourself if you were doing it in front of several, or several hundred, strangers. I certainly do, and I'm not much for self-consciousness.
The other unusual pattern I've noticed in my stride is . . . well, my stride. I am a glider. I pick up my feet only as much as is absolutely necessary to keep from stumbling. Most other people I see have a good bob going, up and down, pumping their arms, so that, if you were to watch them come up over a hill, you could see a little of their hair, then nothing, then a little more of their hair, then almost nothing, then a little of their face, then almost nothing again, and so on. I have very little bob. I keep my upper arms very still and just barely swing my forearms. I saw this on the news one time, when I was living on my friend's floor in Chicago. Chicago is famous for its marathon (and other stuff. Like hot dogs). Every so often, on the news, they bring on this "running doctor" who gives all the marthon-running t.v.-watchers tips on how to improve their running. The segment I caught was on efficiently expending your energy. If you move your upper arms, you're wasting energy. I can't verify the biology (physics) behind that, but it's what Dr. Run (not to be confused with Rev. Run) said, and it seems to work. But it looks rediculous. At least, it feels rediculous. Kind of like the knee thing. Have you ever run around without moving your arms? No? Am I the only one who ran around like a little freak when I was young? Well anyway, that's what this technique feels like, and it feels weird. So I often suspect I am a bit of a spectacle when I run. Perhaps I'm move self-conscious then I thought.
-Brandon
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