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In article <1992Nov19.044731.29682@umbc3.umbc.edu>,
cs631112@umbc8.umbc.edu (cs631112) writes:
|>
|>The advice I have been following, gleaned from a combination of magazines,
|>books, talks with physiologists, and guesswork, is:
|>
|>Your optimum stride length = your natural stride length.  There is not
|>much you can do to change it.
|>
 I believe in this too. A concious effort to change one's stride seems to
 rarely produce the desired result. However, I think that one can fall
 into a new "natural" stride by becoming more flexible. Someone earlier
 had made the analogy between the legs and pendulums. Where, given the legs
 length, weight, strength etc., a given stride is produced (or something
 like that). I think that if the pendulum is allowed to swing further, by
 increasing flexibility, a new longer stride could be attained.

 I noticed this myself when I spent a few months doing some martial arts
 training (boy! do they stress flexibility) and my running stride seemed
 to just get longer on its own.
|>Increased speed comes from quicker turnover.  This is developed through
|>speedwork (running intervals slightly faster than your intended race
|>speed with recoveries between to allow you to keep it up.)
|>
|>Endurance comes from going out and slogging miles.  Ain't no other way.
|>
|>I hope this helps.
|>-- 
|>                        Joshua Engel    |\
|>                        President,      |/ urgatorio
|>                    	                |  roductions
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