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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Well, after last night’s training run I was really worried that my achilles tendons would be unbearable this morning. Due to the fact I was almost landing toe-heel rather than midfoot on the run my right calf was really quite tight afterwards.

However, when I woke up this morning both achilles tendons probably felt the best they’ve felt for months. So, so far, so good!

I started to re-read my Chi Running book last night, as well as doing some of the exercises in there. But that’s a-whole-nother post!

I hadn’t been out for a run since last week (due to a little bit of a hangover at the weekend!), but tonight was surprisingly good.

I concentrated on footstrike again, and at times, if anything, I was landing toe-heel. It was unbelievable how it suddenly clicked in to place. As soon as my feet were landing below my centre of gravity the footstrike just felt ‘right’.

My achilles and calves are a bit tight though now… although other than that it doesn’t even feel like I’ve been out for a run. I hope the achilles pain isn’t really bad in the morning… I’ll let you know!