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Chapter 8 of Tread Lightly examines aspects of running form other than foot strike. In particular we focus on stride length and why we feel that to avoid overstriding might be the single best piece of advice that we can give runners when it comes to running form. In this chapter we examine:
- How running form changes in barefoot runners
- The components of the running stride
- Historical viewpoints on optimal stride length
- What is overstriding?
- What modern science tells us about how stride length relates to joint loading
- Relationship between stride length and running efficiency
- Running form above the legs
Useful ancillary resources for Chapter 8 include:
- Links to references cited in Chapter 8
- Runblogger on “How Muscle Activity Changes as Running Step Rate is Increased”
- Runblogger on stride rate, stride length, and overstriding
- Runblogger on gait retraining and the treatment of running injuries
- Physical therapist Jay Dicharry on loading rate and why it is important
- Physical therapist Jay Dicharry on why stride length is more important that foot strike in reducing injury risk among runners
- Amby Burfoot on short, quick strides
- Steve Magness on stride rate and why 180 is not a magic number
- Alex Hutchinson at Sweat Science: Two posts on stride rate-stride length (here and here)
- Scott Douglas Running Times Article on “Why Running Form Matters”
- Peter Vigneron Runner’s World article “Does Running Form Matter”
- Steve Magness Article: How to Run – Running With Proper Biomechanics
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