ok something strange happened that i have’nt felt before. I usually run at top speed at abit of a lean after acceleration. I was doing runs across the track 50 hard 50 jog 50 hard all around the track 400m equalling 1 set. Well i was getting somewhat tired on the third set and around the second 50 sprint i could not feel the track with my feet, it felt faint i noticed that i also was not leaning forward but was just in an upright position and not arching myback, my body must’ve somehow corrected itself, well it felt fast and comfortable but i felt to slow to run like this in the 100m. It felt like i was floating and it seemed effortless another thing to add was kind of like i was bounding as i felt bouncy. Now when i ran my pb last season i got the bouncy feeling, but not like this. I’m not sure whether the weights and all that strength i acquired has somewhat slowly transfered to force x velocity curve? Any suggestions.
Oh another thing as i finished that 50m sprint i jogged again tried it and it was back to old running form, it was a one time thing i can’t seem to mimic it for some reason.
I can tell from my experiences that just relaxing and I guess to me, kind of focusing on running 98% instead of all-out makes me go faster. I used to get more of a bounding, kind of bouncy feeling, when I was younger and not as strong. I think it was possibly caused by my hips shifting as I took strides, unable to keep them upright all the time. I have no idea what level of training you are at but could this be possible?
i’m a beginnner have’nt broken to 11 yet, but i got the bouncy feeling when i was weaker. But not i dont seem to feel like i do, but if i do put i will feel really bouncy but i will also feel extremely slow way to slow, might be the turnover addiction that i associate with in myself. This is easier said then done i tell ya
sometimes when you’re a beginner you just gotta ignore some technical errors. Most of them get fixed over the way of your fast improvement at this stage.
The faster you become, the less you feel the track because your feet are spending less time on it. Charlie tells this story about Angela Issajenko coming up to him in tears after she ran a PB. When he asked what was wrong, she replied “I can’t feel my legs.” And Charlie said, “That’s how it’s supposed to feel.”
As far as it feeling slow, the more relaxed you are the slower the movements feel because there is less neurological “clutter” and you become more aware of the movements.
