E29 - How Much Should We Worry About Running Technique?
In this week's Pro Running News episode we answer a listener question from Jack about running technique and the importance of focusing on it in training and racing. Can technique be improved? And if so, how? Dave and Matt discuss.
Show Notes:
Paper on Fatigue and Technical changes
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-35345-8
Paper on Running Gait in Middle Distance Runners
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-89858-1
Paper Explaining Running Economy
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4555089/
Paper Reviewing Modifiable Biomechanical Components of Technique
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4887549/
Paper Suggesting Visual Technique Evaluation Doesn’t Correlate with Economy
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32930647/
Paper Showing Worse Running Economy when Concentrating on Altered Technique
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30307374/
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