coldbrightsunlight wrote:Now I've been focusing a lot more on using all my muscles when running (surprisingly tricky at first, you think it would just... work) and feel great.
This was a really helpful idea. I had been focusing on increasing my cadence and "running in a circle" (not sure how else to describe that, got it from some form video on youtube). Shifting my attention to trying to use more muscles seems to have helped alleviate some pain. I think that it will help more as time goes on because, like you said, it is harder than you would expect.
In other news, New Shoe Day! I got some New Balance 1080v10s. I wanted to get a more cushioned shoe for long runs and recovery days, then sometime sooner or later pick up a pair of faster shoes for track days and stuff.
My running group is hoping to get together a team for a local cross country series this fall, so I might end up with four pairs of shoes soon... the 1080s for cush days, something for speed work, some racing shoes for XC, and then my trail shoes.
Or... if everything is cancelled for a long time, I might transition to another big goal and do a solo long run of a long trail near me. I'm slowly becoming more excited about this than other goals. Does anyone on ILF do big trail runs? I'd love some advice, especially for hydration vests and fueling strategies. Link for the trail:
https://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guid ... _Hood_Hike
