Comments for Running Rules http://runningrules.com Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Cool Video of 40K+ Marathoners in New York Last Week by Tweets that mention Cool Video of 40K+ Marathoners in New York Last Week « Running Rules -- Topsy.com http://runningrules.com/2010/11/cool-video-of-40k-marathoners-in-new-york-last-week/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Tweets that mention Cool Video of 40K+ Marathoners in New York Last Week « Running Rules -- Topsy.com Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:57:00 +0000 http://runningrules.com/?p=649#comment-256 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Alex Thistlewood and Ben Thistlewood, Running Rules. Running Rules said: Watch 40K runners and a chilean miner with two ice packs strapped to his knees cross a bridge at the 2010 NY marathon http://bit.ly/aDPpaW [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Alex Thistlewood and Ben Thistlewood, Running Rules. Running Rules said: Watch 40K runners and a chilean miner with two ice packs strapped to his knees cross a bridge at the 2010 NY marathon http://bit.ly/aDPpaW [...]

]]> Comment on Cadence Run Workout by Aaron http://runningrules.com/2010/02/cadence-run-workout/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Aaron Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:11:49 +0000 http://runningrules.com/?p=363#comment-2 Hi Andy, Good question. I am actually not sure of the average marathon cadence of race walkers. I would expect it to vary more than running since boot feet cannot be off the ground at once, making leg length having more of an effect on cadence. This would result in more individual variance I suspect. The key would be to see if these race walkers are sustaining a certain cadence for 3-5 km. If so, then they would be likely to maintain this for the marathon, as technique/cadence shouldn't change much once someone is running primarily aerobically. If there is not much variability between race walkers at this distance, then this would be something that the regular population (of race walkers) may want to work towards. Thanks, Aaron Hi Andy,

Good question. I am actually not sure of the average marathon cadence of race walkers. I would expect it to vary more than running since boot feet cannot be off the ground at once, making leg length having more of an effect on cadence. This would result in more individual variance I suspect.

The key would be to see if these race walkers are sustaining a certain cadence for 3-5 km. If so, then they would be likely to maintain this for the marathon, as technique/cadence shouldn’t change much once someone is running primarily aerobically.

If there is not much variability between race walkers at this distance, then this would be something that the regular population (of race walkers) may want to work towards.

Thanks, Aaron

]]> Comment on Cadence Run Workout by Andy http://runningrules.com/2010/02/cadence-run-workout/comment-page-1/#comment-1 Andy Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:31:18 +0000 http://runningrules.com/?p=363#comment-1 Hi Aaron, I have been working on cadence lately and these drills are what I was looking for. I will definitely give them a try! On a related question, I've heard that athletes in racewalking go upwards of 240 steps/min. Is that cadence sustainable over long distances like in a marathon or is 180 steps/min pretty much the optimal for long distance running? Thanks, Andy Hi Aaron,

I have been working on cadence lately and these drills are what I was looking for. I will definitely give them a try! On a related question, I’ve heard that athletes in racewalking go upwards of 240 steps/min. Is that cadence sustainable over long distances like in a marathon or is 180 steps/min pretty much the optimal for long distance running?

Thanks,

Andy

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