Lower Leg Mechanics tend to get a great deal of scrutiny - everyone starts worrying about heel strike, forefoot, mid-foot and spewing jargon about shin angles. Most runners miss the meat of the message. It’s not as much about how your foot hits the ground but WHERE it’s landing in relation to your Center of Gravity (CoG).

This post is a deep dive into everything except how the foot interacts with the ground. Take a look - coaches and athletes alike can walk away with knowledge on how to improve their form in this post.

Every athlete has a unique gait and running style that propels them around the track and down the trail. The goal of this series of articles isn’t to force everyone to run the same - that’s simply impossible. The goal is to help athletes correct inefficiencies, tease out bad habits, and make corrections to their mechanics that are costing them seconds per and minutes per marathon. We’ve built this series to dive a little deeper and get into the small details. Enough talk, let’s get into it.

Getting your running form dialed in is the best bang for your buck when it comes to time spent on developing yourself as a runner. Running Form is the single easiest way to prevent injury and increase your longevity in the sport. We believe in helping people find a lifelong love of the sport - that’s why we created a free guide to help you nail down your running form. You can find that free guide here.