mattuga
Banned
I ran cross country in HS in the offseason for soccer benefits and was always real good with endurance. Since then I never raced the clock other than the Peachtree RR into my mid 20s where I could hold an 8 min/mile pace for the 10k no problem.
I'm 34 now and getting back into running but have struggled to get well beyond the 8 min/mile for my first mile but do hold the pace easily beyond that. I figured out today it was my stride, once my strength and now my weakness. I think I am missing the muscle memory from being lazy in my running and I was releasing too much on my heel instead of toe. I almost matched my 2nd mile today to my 1st mile after focusing more on my form and stride.
Anyone who has gotten back into running like this that has advice is appreciated. I'd like to run a sub-6 minute mile one more time and that clock is basically already ticking on it being a reality. I sure don't see too many posts about running on GON so in a couple days if I have zero responses...wrong place for this question!
I'm 34 now and getting back into running but have struggled to get well beyond the 8 min/mile for my first mile but do hold the pace easily beyond that. I figured out today it was my stride, once my strength and now my weakness. I think I am missing the muscle memory from being lazy in my running and I was releasing too much on my heel instead of toe. I almost matched my 2nd mile today to my 1st mile after focusing more on my form and stride.
Anyone who has gotten back into running like this that has advice is appreciated. I'd like to run a sub-6 minute mile one more time and that clock is basically already ticking on it being a reality. I sure don't see too many posts about running on GON so in a couple days if I have zero responses...wrong place for this question!