Running Stride Length & Frequency

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Summary: Learn the proper running stride in order to become more efficient at running, and feeling relaxed and comfortable when running, in this free athletic video on basic running techniques.

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Jeannette Stojcevski Jeannette Stojcevski has been an avid runner for over 15 years. Her track career started in middle school and spans through college. A highly competitive trac... read more

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Running Stride Length & Frequency

OK, now I'm going to teach you how to apply proper running stride in order to become a more effective runner. Running stride is important because many people tend to either, one, take too long of a stride or two, take too short of a stride. We are going to find the middle ground. For example a short running stride would look like this and you'll see it, you'll see it all the time. People running along, shoulders slumped over, arms in front of their body. This is not very energy efficient. So that would be the example of a short running stride. Now, over striding is also very costly in terms of energy because you are using too much energy. Now, this is what over striding looks like. You'll also see that from runners, you see it all the time. Now we want to find the middle ground. Middle ground should feel comfortable. Without getting too comfortable, I like to take one breath for about every three steps. And you can even practice this when going out on your runs. Setting up your posture, your form, and my strides are about, I'd say about two feet apart. It's going to be different for everybody. You're not excessively bringing up your leg. You are not swinging your arms, you're running comfortably and naturally using the principles you've applied. So once again, let's go over proper running stride. You are using your heel to toe strike, you're comfortable, relaxed, and you are running along comfortably, not under striding and not over striding. Next, we're going to wrap this all up. Teach you how to run using all the techniques we've applied.