Saturdays silly question

[Bonkersbrit]

Hi everyone. I have a silly question to ask. Don't worry, I know having just finished week 5 that I should not be considering these things for ages yet, and I won't, I promise, at the moment I'm just curious.

If I ever get to the point where I want to experiment with increasing my pace, do you do this by making each stride longer or by doing more strides per minute?

Thanks graduates, I'm so glad I have so many " real runners" to ask😀

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

Increasing stride length is the quickest way..........to knee problems.

Once you are a strong and experienced runner you might work on stride length, preferably with a qualified coach, but at this stage it is an absolute no-no and learning to increase cadence is the way. Your speed will almost definitely increase as you get more miles on your legs.

[Bonkersbrit Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Thanks IT. All this time to think while I'm running, makes me consider/ worry about stuff that never ever bothered me before!

It also may answer why I've not been good at running before, I was probably doing the long stride thing.