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Driveway running & Morse Ranch Constitutional

July 28, 2020 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
Worked in the AM, then home.

So like I wrote on Monday, I realized that my running stride (at least in the frontal plane) SSSUCKS! (Think Elaine in reference to "The English Patient").

So I went home and had Callie film me.

What I found out:

Take 1
Effort: "nothing"
Result: moderate pelvis drop R, TERRIBLE L

Take 2
Effort: PULL right only (and try to drive forward on the left)
Result: better (but mediocre) pelvis drop L, TERRIBLE right!

Take 3:
Effort: pull both
Result: mediocre pelvic stability

So I took that I ran a lap. The mile of Morse Ranch all the way around to Olive and back is a hilly-ass loop! I bet it climbs 300' or more. (Side note: even though running is really hard, the cycling has really given me uphill fitness!)

Mid-run I remembered a key point:

HIP FLEXION = LEVEL PELVIS

For a long time I believed - like MOST people believe - that the key to avoiding pelvic drop is to have "strong glutes". But that's only half (or less) of the story!

This goes back to a lesson I learned in March/April:

The key is to FLEX the opposite side!!!

So let's say you've landed on the R leg. The situation is:

* R leg intial contact --> stance
* L leg just pushed off --> swing

In order to prevent R drop, then L hip as to FLEX upward. This pulls both the leg AND the pelvis upward!

I figured this out about mid-lap. I came home and had Callie film again:

Take 4:
* Effort: pelvis PULL & flex up & through ("salazar stride")
* Result: mediocre/OK pelvic stability

Good lesson.