Training articles

If, like me you want to move from having a heel strike to a midfoot footstrike when running, then you may also find it hard like me to gain the right feeling of landing with the midfoot.

Every explanation I’ve ever read about midfoot landing never really hits the mark with me. Most descriptions say you land just behind the ball of the foot, but not flatfooted. I found this really hard to get my head round what this should feel like. That is until I was at the swimming pool last night…

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There are three main ways to gauge effort when training - heart rate, pace, and perceived effort.

I think each of these can play their part in training, but right now, as I come back from a long lay-off due to a stress fracture and achilles tendinitis, I think ‘perceived effort’ is the right way forward.

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