NickW
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I am pretty new to barefoot running. The day I injured my calf from TMTS about 5 weeks ago, I was doing a trail run that had lots of little ups and downs on it. I have always been told, and self taught on this as well prior to barefoot running, that when running up hills you are to lean and dig into the hills. Not a lot, just a little.
On this particular run, about 3 or 4 miles in, I straightened up my body so I was almost completely vertical. Not sure why I did this, but it had an extradinary effect on that hill that I noticed instantly. Instead of "pushing" my body weight up the hill, it was almost more like I was "pulling" my weight up the hill. I ran the rest of the trail this way. It was amazingly easier for me to do and I barely slowed down at all for any hill because it was so much easier. I'm sure I'm not desciribing this very well, but does anyone know if this is normal or did I just have a flukey day? Is it even good form?
On this particular run, about 3 or 4 miles in, I straightened up my body so I was almost completely vertical. Not sure why I did this, but it had an extradinary effect on that hill that I noticed instantly. Instead of "pushing" my body weight up the hill, it was almost more like I was "pulling" my weight up the hill. I ran the rest of the trail this way. It was amazingly easier for me to do and I barely slowed down at all for any hill because it was so much easier. I'm sure I'm not desciribing this very well, but does anyone know if this is normal or did I just have a flukey day? Is it even good form?