Week 3 - Run 1 ✅

[JG94]

Week 3 officially started and my knees are killing me. I think my running technique is all wrong. When I run I try to land on the balls of my feet, as I’ve been told not to land on my heel or my toes. However, when I try to land on the balls of my feet I either stomp the ground flat footed or I kick the floor creating a sort of scrape motion with my foot. Any advice?

[ButtercupKid Graduate]

Not sure if it’ll help, but I was told to aim for the middle of my foot, which would be slightly further back than the ball, and that seems to work ok.

[JG94 in reply to ButtercupKid]

Thanks, I’ll give that a go on Wednesday if my knees feel up to the run!

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to JG94]

Hope it helps. Take an extra rest day if you need - that’s allowed too 😄

[UnfitNoMore Graduate]

Ok... don’t lift that foot any more than you need to... as long as both feet are briefly off the ground together you are running!

[JG94 in reply to UnfitNoMore]

Thanks for the advice, I’ll try and only lift the foot as much as I need to in order to run, I think I’m overthinking about how to land my foot whilst running, meaning I double guess myself.